King is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #815 for boy births in the United States, given to 786 babies. King first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2017 (2,705 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 786 | #815 |
| 2024 | 1,006 | #661 |
| 2023 | 1,286 | #514 |
| 2022 | 1,656 | #418 |
| 2021 | 2,060 | #331 |
| 2020 | 2,268 | #303 |
| 2019 | 2,478 | #291 |
| 2018 | 2,619 | #278 |
| 2017 | 2,705 | #271 |
| 2016 | 2,677 | #284 |
| 2015 | 2,568 | #298 |
| 2014 | 2,438 | #315 |
| 2013 | 2,110 | #349 |
| 2012 | 1,434 | #480 |
| 2011 | 730 | #822 |
| 2010 | 706 | #834 |
| 2009 | 591 | #974 |
| 2008 | 329 | #1,550 |
| 2007 | 321 | #1,582 |
| 2006 | 219 | #2,003 |
| 2005 | 149 | #2,514 |
| 2004 | 77 | #3,842 |
| 2003 | 70 | #4,059 |
| 2002 | 57 | #4,532 |
| 2001 | 63 | #4,175 |
| 2000 | 74 | #3,679 |
| 1999 | 46 | #4,846 |
| 1998 | 52 | #4,388 |
| 1997 | 45 | #4,622 |
| 1996 | 38 | #5,119 |
| 1995 | 40 | #4,822 |
| 1994 | 50 | #4,149 |
| 1993 | 42 | #4,611 |
| 1992 | 40 | #4,749 |
| 1991 | 39 | #4,747 |
| 1990 | 47 | #4,107 |
| 1989 | 28 | #5,674 |
| 1988 | 30 | #5,104 |
| 1987 | 21 | #6,232 |
| 1986 | 31 | #4,679 |
| 1985 | 41 | #3,803 |
| 1984 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 1983 | 31 | #4,400 |
| 1982 | 54 | #3,078 |
| 1981 | 40 | #3,787 |
| 1980 | 28 | #4,843 |
| 1979 | 41 | #3,631 |
| 1978 | 36 | #3,833 |
| 1977 | 28 | #4,472 |
| 1976 | 26 | #4,533 |
| 1975 | 30 | #4,044 |
| 1974 | 25 | #4,464 |
| 1973 | 24 | #4,437 |
| 1972 | 41 | #3,146 |
| 1971 | 34 | #3,597 |
| 1970 | 31 | #3,721 |
| 1969 | 27 | #3,878 |
| 1968 | 42 | #2,868 |
| 1967 | 37 | #3,012 |
| 1966 | 37 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1964 | 82 | #1,996 |
| 1963 | 42 | #2,853 |
| 1962 | 59 | #2,343 |
| 1961 | 35 | #3,154 |
| 1960 | 53 | #2,475 |
| 1959 | 60 | #2,277 |
| 1958 | 53 | #2,412 |
| 1957 | 64 | #2,171 |
| 1956 | 59 | #2,231 |
| 1955 | 68 | #2,045 |
| 1954 | 77 | #1,897 |
| 1953 | 63 | #2,055 |
| 1952 | 93 | #1,649 |
| 1951 | 81 | #1,752 |
| 1950 | 90 | #1,615 |
| 1949 | 79 | #1,727 |
| 1948 | 84 | #1,631 |
| 1947 | 79 | #1,716 |
| 1946 | 78 | #1,638 |
| 1945 | 80 | #1,480 |
| 1944 | 82 | #1,481 |
| 1943 | 86 | #1,480 |
| 1942 | 105 | #1,310 |
| 1941 | 70 | #1,559 |
| 1940 | 75 | #1,478 |
| 1939 | 87 | #1,322 |
| 1938 | 91 | #1,299 |
| 1937 | 85 | #1,336 |
| 1936 | 71 | #1,456 |
| 1935 | 67 | #1,536 |
| 1934 | 91 | #1,290 |
| 1933 | 79 | #1,369 |
| 1932 | 67 | #1,564 |
| 1931 | 73 | #1,458 |
| 1930 | 90 | #1,352 |
| 1929 | 99 | #1,278 |
| 1928 | 81 | #1,443 |
| 1927 | 85 | #1,439 |
| 1926 | 113 | #1,250 |
| 1925 | 95 | #1,383 |
| 1924 | 109 | #1,299 |
| 1923 | 100 | #1,345 |
| 1922 | 114 | #1,267 |
| 1921 | 99 | #1,357 |
| 1920 | 108 | #1,290 |
| 1919 | 120 | #1,171 |
| 1918 | 89 | #1,391 |
| 1917 | 90 | #1,347 |
| 1916 | 102 | #1,230 |
| 1915 | 111 | #1,142 |
| 1914 | 74 | #1,243 |
| 1913 | 58 | #1,245 |
| 1912 | 72 | #1,029 |
| 1911 | 32 | #1,277 |
| 1910 | 47 | #982 |
| 1909 | 31 | #1,159 |
| 1908 | 37 | #1,011 |
| 1907 | 37 | #985 |
| 1906 | 28 | #1,097 |
| 1905 | 24 | #1,193 |
| 1904 | 24 | #1,139 |
| 1903 | 19 | #1,272 |
| 1902 | 29 | #977 |
| 1901 | 15 | #1,335 |
| 1900 | 33 | #1,000 |
| 1899 | 23 | #1,031 |
| 1898 | 27 | #992 |
| 1897 | 32 | #849 |
| 1896 | 24 | #1,033 |
| 1895 | 24 | #1,012 |
| 1894 | 20 | #1,085 |
| 1893 | 23 | #966 |
| 1892 | 26 | #918 |
| 1891 | 13 | #1,246 |
| 1890 | 21 | #961 |
| 1889 | 21 | #941 |
| 1888 | 27 | #819 |
| 1887 | 13 | #1,120 |
| 1886 | 23 | #807 |
| 1885 | 25 | #762 |
| 1884 | 25 | #750 |
| 1883 | 22 | #764 |
| 1882 | 26 | #693 |
| 1881 | 20 | #748 |
| 1880 | 27 | #634 |