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Kingston

Kingston: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“king's town”
Origin
Old English
Say it
KING-stun · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

From an English surname and place name derived from Old English cyning 'king' and tun 'settlement, town.'

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How popular is Kingston?

2024627 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Kingston in 20242,087

2024 rank#178 boys

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 188044,821

Kingston is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Kingston

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Wesleywestern meadow · Old English
  • Westonwestern settlement · Old English
  • Blakeblack; pale · Old English
  • Edwardwealthy guardian · Old English
  • Ashtonash tree town · Old English
  • Brandonbroom-covered hill · Old English
  • Bentleybent-grass clearing · Old English
  • Tatecheerful · Old English

Kingston questions

What does the name Kingston mean?

Kingston means "king's town". It comes from Old English. From an English surname and place name derived from Old English cyning 'king' and tun 'settlement, town.'

Is Kingston a boy or girl name?

Kingston is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kingston?

2,087 US babies were named Kingston in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Kingston?

Kingston is usually pronounced KING-stun.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.