Kingston is a boy's name of English origin meaning “king's town.” In 2024 it was given to 2,081 boys in the United States.
Kingston belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “king's town” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Kingston first appears in Social Security records in 1919. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #112 in 2021, and in 2024 2,081 babies received the name — 44,628 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Kingston means “king's town” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Kingston is a boy name. In 2024, 2,081 babies received the name in the US.
Kingston comes from the English & American tradition.
Kingston first appears in US records in 1919. Its best-ever ranking was #112 in 2021, and 2,081 babies were given the name in 2024.
Kingston is pronounced /ˈkɪŋ.stən/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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