Boy · #405 in 2025

King

King: popularity and trends since 1880

Rank
#405
Born 2025
786
Peak year
2017

Popularity, 1880–2025

per 100,000 boys born

King per 100,000 boys born, by year. Peak: 2017. Gaps are years with fewer than five births, which SSA does not publish. Source: SSA, 1880–2025.

Recent trend

King has been falling: its share of boys born has shrunk over the last 10 years. It now stands at 32% of its 2017 peak.

Related names

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Sounds good with

Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.