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How popular is “Kingsley” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kingsley” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kingsley” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kingsley” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kingsley” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kingsley” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kingsley” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kingsley” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 -100%
1917 14 0.000006976 14 -100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 -100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 -100%
1920 13 0.000005745 13 -100%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 -100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 -100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 -100%
1924 18 0.000007558 18 -100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 -100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 14 0.000006631 14 -100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 -100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 15 0.000006157 15 -100%
1942 13 0.000004759 13 -100%
1943 25 0.000008857 25 -100%
1944 16 0.000005948 16 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 -100%
1947 13 0.000003609 13 -100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 -100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 -100%
1950 12 0.000003425 12 -100%
1951 10 0.000002715 10 -100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1954 11 0.000002763 11 -100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 -100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 -100%
1957 14 0.000003332 14 -100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 -100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 -100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 -100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 -100%
1973 18 0.000005966 18 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 -100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 -100%
1977 25 0.00000787 5 20 -60%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 -100%
1981 20 0.000005781 20 -100%
1982 35 0.000009977 6 29 -66%
1983 26 0.000007507 26 -100%
1984 26 0.000007453 26 -100%
1985 29 0.000008125 29 -100%
1986 36 0.000010121 9 27 -50%
1987 23 0.000006379 23 -100%
1988 32 0.00000866 6 26 -63%
1989 31 0.000008064 31 -100%
1990 26 0.000006578 26 -100%
1991 28 0.000007188 5 23 -64%
1992 36 0.000009372 36 -100%
1993 31 0.000008222 31 -100%
1994 38 0.000010222 6 32 -68%
1995 32 0.000008738 5 27 -69%
1996 32 0.000008774 6 26 -63%
1997 32 0.000008826 9 23 -44%
1998 43 0.00001169 5 38 -77%
1999 21 0.000005685 21 -100%
2000 34 0.000008995 34 -100%
2001 36 0.000009617 10 26 -44%
2002 49 0.000013108 9 40 -63%
2003 32 0.000008416 6 26 -63%
2004 27 0.000007066 10 17 -26%
2005 43 0.000011184 13 30 -40%
2006 56 0.000014155 17 39 -39%
2007 70 0.00001751 27 43 -23%
2008 103 0.000026204 34 69 -34%
2009 125 0.000032721 38 87 -39%
2010 247 0.000066834 46 201 -63%
2011 229 0.000062606 33 196 -71%
2012 299 0.000081753 55 244 -63%
2013 269 0.000073786 49 220 -64%
2014 383 0.000103335 74 309 -61%
2015 442 0.00011943 119 323 -46%
2016 599 0.000163273 126 473 -58%
2017 541 0.000151278 147 394 -46%
2018 505 0.000143633 103 402 -59%
2019 533 0.000153561 117 416 -56%
2020 667 0.000199666 238 429 -29%
2021 600 0.000177098 226 374 -25%
2022 551 0.000162867 201 350 -27%
2023 445 0.000134393 160 285 -28%
2024 350 0.000105152 122 228 -30%

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