King is an established boys' name that peaked in 2017 and has grown less common since.
King is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #405 for boy births in the United States (and #815 across all names), given to 786 babies. King first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2017 (2,696 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 786 | 786 | — | #405 |
| 2024 | 1,006 | 1,006 | — | #342 |
| 2023 | 1,286 | 1,286 | — | #265 |
| 2022 | 1,656 | 1,661 | — | #222 |
| 2021 | 2,060 | 2,060 | #16,545 | #185 |
| 2020 | 2,268 | 2,268 | — | #171 |
| 2019 | 2,478 | 2,478 | #16,863 | #157 |
| 2018 | 2,619 | 2,619 | #14,802 | #149 |
| 2017 | 2,705 | 2,710 | #11,184 | #147 |
| 2016 | 2,677 | 2,682 | #17,638 | #153 |
| 2015 | 2,568 | 2,568 | — | #163 |
| 2014 | 2,438 | 2,438 | — | #175 |
| 2013 | 2,110 | 2,110 | — | #193 |
| 2012 | 1,434 | 1,434 | — | #257 |
| 2011 | 730 | 730 | — | #389 |
| 2010 | 706 | 706 | — | #399 |
| 2009 | 591 | 591 | — | #461 |
| 2008 | 329 | 329 | — | #711 |
| 2007 | 321 | 321 | — | #720 |
| 2006 | 219 | 219 | — | #894 |
| 2005 | 149 | 149 | — | #1,107 |
| 2004 | 77 | 77 | — | #1,684 |
| 2003 | 70 | 70 | — | #1,744 |
| 2002 | 57 | 57 | — | #1,962 |
| 2001 | 63 | 63 | — | #1,789 |
| 2000 | 74 | 74 | — | #1,597 |
| 1999 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,083 |
| 1998 | 52 | 52 | — | #1,889 |
| 1997 | 45 | — | — | #2,012 |
| 1996 | 38 | — | — | #2,206 |
| 1995 | 40 | — | — | #2,073 |
| 1994 | 50 | — | — | #1,761 |
| 1993 | 42 | — | — | #1,955 |
| 1992 | 40 | — | — | #1,989 |
| 1991 | 39 | — | — | #1,973 |
| 1990 | 47 | — | — | #1,717 |
| 1989 | 28 | — | — | #2,390 |
| 1988 | 30 | — | — | #2,116 |
| 1987 | 21 | — | — | #2,603 |
| 1986 | 31 | — | — | #1,943 |
| 1985 | 41 | — | — | #1,580 |
| 1984 | 31 | — | — | #1,815 |
| 1983 | 31 | — | — | #1,801 |
| 1982 | 54 | — | — | #1,270 |
| 1981 | 40 | — | — | #1,533 |
| 1980 | 28 | — | — | #1,985 |
| 1979 | 41 | — | — | #1,478 |
| 1978 | 36 | — | — | #1,585 |
| 1977 | 28 | — | — | #1,843 |
| 1976 | 26 | — | — | #1,906 |
| 1975 | 30 | — | — | #1,685 |
| 1974 | 25 | — | — | #1,866 |
| 1973 | 24 | — | — | #1,850 |
| 1972 | 41 | — | — | #1,318 |
| 1971 | 34 | — | — | #1,480 |
| 1970 | 31 | — | — | #1,535 |
| 1969 | 27 | — | — | #1,587 |
| 1968 | 42 | — | — | #1,174 |
| 1967 | 37 | — | — | #1,239 |
| 1966 | 37 | — | — | #1,252 |
| 1965 | 45 | — | — | #1,119 |
| 1964 | 82 | — | #7,275 | #873 |
| 1963 | 42 | — | — | #1,205 |
| 1962 | 59 | — | — | #998 |
| 1961 | 35 | — | — | #1,358 |
| 1960 | 53 | — | — | #1,064 |
| 1959 | 60 | — | — | #1,001 |
| 1958 | 53 | — | — | #1,057 |
| 1957 | 64 | — | — | #950 |
| 1956 | 59 | — | — | #973 |
| 1955 | 68 | — | — | #902 |
| 1954 | 77 | — | — | #827 |
| 1953 | 63 | — | — | #906 |
| 1952 | 93 | — | — | #731 |
| 1951 | 81 | — | — | #783 |
| 1950 | 90 | — | — | #723 |
| 1949 | 79 | — | — | #777 |
| 1948 | 84 | — | — | #734 |
| 1947 | 79 | — | — | #775 |
| 1946 | 78 | — | — | #748 |
| 1945 | 80 | — | — | #673 |
| 1944 | 82 | — | — | #691 |
| 1943 | 86 | — | — | #695 |
| 1942 | 105 | — | — | #618 |
| 1941 | 70 | — | — | #741 |
| 1940 | 75 | — | — | #700 |
| 1939 | 87 | — | — | #632 |
| 1938 | 91 | — | — | #625 |
| 1937 | 85 | — | — | #645 |
| 1936 | 71 | — | — | #711 |
| 1935 | 67 | — | — | #755 |
| 1934 | 91 | — | — | #632 |
| 1933 | 79 | — | — | #662 |
| 1932 | 67 | — | — | #775 |
| 1931 | 73 | — | — | #714 |
| 1930 | 90 | — | — | #649 |
| 1929 | 99 | — | #4,941 | #632 |
| 1928 | 81 | — | — | #705 |
| 1927 | 85 | — | — | #705 |
| 1926 | 113 | — | — | #592 |
| 1925 | 95 | — | — | #658 |
| 1924 | 109 | — | — | #612 |
| 1923 | 100 | — | — | #642 |
| 1922 | 114 | — | — | #606 |
| 1921 | 99 | — | — | #650 |
| 1920 | 108 | — | — | #607 |
| 1919 | 120 | — | — | #547 |
| 1918 | 89 | — | — | #654 |
| 1917 | 90 | — | — | #626 |
| 1916 | 102 | — | — | #568 |
| 1915 | 111 | — | — | #530 |
| 1914 | 74 | — | — | #584 |
| 1913 | 58 | — | — | #575 |
| 1912 | 72 | — | — | #465 |
| 1911 | 32 | — | — | #526 |
| 1910 | 47 | — | — | #378 |
| 1909 | 31 | — | — | #457 |
| 1908 | 37 | — | — | #385 |
| 1907 | 37 | — | — | #371 |
| 1906 | 28 | — | — | #417 |
| 1905 | 24 | — | — | #456 |
| 1904 | 24 | — | — | #441 |
| 1903 | 19 | — | — | #496 |
| 1902 | 29 | — | — | #372 |
| 1901 | 15 | — | — | #521 |
| 1900 | 33 | — | — | #391 |
| 1899 | 23 | — | — | #389 |
| 1898 | 27 | — | — | #382 |
| 1897 | 32 | — | — | #328 |
| 1896 | 24 | — | — | #403 |
| 1895 | 24 | — | — | #395 |
| 1894 | 20 | — | — | #430 |
| 1893 | 23 | — | — | #379 |
| 1892 | 26 | — | — | #378 |
| 1891 | 13 | — | — | #514 |
| 1890 | 21 | — | — | #399 |
| 1889 | 21 | — | — | #396 |
| 1888 | 27 | — | — | #357 |
| 1887 | 13 | — | — | #501 |
| 1886 | 23 | — | — | #362 |
| 1885 | 25 | — | — | #350 |
| 1884 | 25 | — | — | #359 |
| 1883 | 22 | — | — | #364 |
| 1882 | 26 | — | — | #350 |
| 1881 | 20 | — | — | #381 |
| 1880 | 27 | — | — | #331 |