Kingsley

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A few things about Kingsley you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Kingsley

Kingsley Coman

French footballer (born 1996)

Choose Kingsley and your child shares a first name with Kingsley Coman, a French footballer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Kingsley, like who?” Kingsley Coman's Wikipedia article is available in 59 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 8,718 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Kingsley, 196 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Kingsley would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryKingsley first shows up in US birth records in 1907, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 118 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2016, when it reached #584.
• 📈Then vs nowKingsley is 6.6× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 57,803 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 8,718.
• 🍂TrendKingsley has slipped 470 places over the last five years and now sits at #1,095. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedKingsley is most popular in Maryland, where it ranks #571, followed by Indiana (#773) and Minnesota (#807). It's in the top 1,000 in 6 states.
• ⚖️Boy or girlKingsley is given to both boys and girls: 62% of the 315 babies named Kingsley in 2025 were boys. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningIn Old English, Kingsley means “king's wood”.

About the name Kingsley

Kingsley is a boy name of English origin meaning “king's wood”. It has 8 letters and 2 syllables, starting with K and ending in “-ley”. US birth records list Kingsley for boys from 1907 to 2025, in 114 of those 119 years. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked #584 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #1,095, with 196 babies.

Origin:English names