Kingsley

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Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 24% girls / 76% boys

Meaning

Kingsley is an English given name. Written in Old English as Cyningesleah, this locational name roughly means "from the king's wood, glade or meadow," and derives from the Old English words Cyning and leah.

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Kingsley first appears in the data in 1907 and has been recorded in 113 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 473 babies (rank #584 that year). In 2024 it was given to 228 boys (rank #984). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Kingsley

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Kingsley yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

8,548
Total babies (all years)
113
Years in the data
473
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19077#1,150
19125#2,738
19139#2,021
191411#2,044
19159#2,731
191614#2,098
191714#2,139
191814#2,221
191921#1,668
192013#2,395
19217#3,713
192212#2,569
19238#3,320
192418#1,936
192510#2,851
19266#3,972
192711#2,621
19285#4,456
192911#2,517
19308#3,163
19317#3,253
193214#2,053
19345#3,954
19358#2,829
19369#2,538
19377#3,047
19387#3,029
193916#1,762
194010#2,406
194115#1,859
194213#2,099
194325#1,419
194416#1,786
19457#2,880
194612#2,211
194713#2,211
19488#2,908
194910#2,531
195012#2,271
195110#2,570
19529#2,787
195310#2,627
195411#2,537
19558#3,096
19568#3,090
195714#2,235
19589#2,935
195910#2,736
19608#3,218
19617#3,523
19628#3,176
19639#2,962
19648#3,165
19658#3,122
19666#3,735
19676#3,783
19689#3,000
19696#4,184
197013#2,687
19718#3,807
197210#3,257
197318#2,279
19749#3,710
197513#3,006
197610#3,617
197720#2,319
197814#3,000
197913#3,267
198012#3,520
198120#2,454
198229#1,917
198326#2,055
198426#2,073
198529#1,996
198627#2,136
198723#2,430
198826#2,336
198931#2,225
199026#2,584
199123#2,877
199236#2,152
199331#2,434
199432#2,428
199527#2,730
199626#2,877
199723#3,222
199838#2,334
199921#3,648
200034#2,711
200126#3,371
200240#2,492
200326#3,492
200417#4,907
200530#3,354
200639#2,909
200743#2,787
200869#2,035
200987#1,760
2010201#981
2011196#992
2012244#866
2013220#929
2014309#762
2015323#750
2016473#584
2017394#653
2018402#643
2019416#646
2020429#628
2021374#703
2022350#738
2023285#850
2024228#984