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Kingston
Say it: KING-stun
Meaning
From English place names, from Old English cyning 'king' and tun 'settlement'; also the capital of Jamaica.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Rose in the US from the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 33,715 babies given this name since 1919
- At its height in 2018, about 1 in 540 boys
- 3,144 babies in 2020
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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