Kinston Popularity by Year
Follow Kinston across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Kinston birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 7 | #9,714 | Up 1,224 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 6 | #10,938 | Up 1,301 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 5 | #12,239 | Down 4,737 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 10 | #7,502 | Down 1,947 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 16 | #5,555 | Up 1,581 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 11 | #7,136 | Up 1,704 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 8 | #8,840 | Up 1,904 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 6 | #10,744 | Down 2,000 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 8 | #8,744 | Down 2,112 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 12 | #6,632 | Down 709 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 14 | #5,923 | Up 1,636 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 10 | #7,559 | Down 57 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 10 | #7,502 | Up 89 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 10 | #7,591 | Up 3,403 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 6 | #10,994 | Down 4,601 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 13 | #6,393 | Up 2,522 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 8 | #8,915 | Up 1,236 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 6 | #10,151 | Down 1,695 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 7 | #8,456 | Up 1,893 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 5 | #10,349 | Down 1,481 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | — |