Meaning and history
Kingsley is an English surname-based name derived from a place name meaning “king’s wood” in Old English. Its popularity may have received a small boost after the 2007 release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which featured the character Kingsley Shacklebolt.
20062006: 39 births, rank #2,881
2007: 43 births, rank #2,765
2008: 69 births, rank #2,028
2009: 87 births, rank #1,755
2010: 201 births, rank #980
20112011: 196 births, rank #991
2012: 244 births, rank #863
2013: 220 births, rank #927
2014: 309 births, rank #760
2015: 323 births, rank #749
20162016: 473 births, rank #584
2017: 394 births, rank #653
2018: 403 births, rank #643
2019: 418 births, rank #643
2020: 429 births, rank #625
20212021: 376 births, rank #702
2022: 350 births, rank #738
2023: 286 births, rank #849
2024: 229 births, rank #983
20252025: 196 births, rank #1,095
Kingsley moved from #849 to #983 for boys between 2023 and 2024. Its highest annual birth count came in 2016, with 473 births.