Kimball

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 93.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1954 · 66 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,008
since 1914

Kimball over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,823, 1957peak #908, 1954girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#6,19914
2023#9,7637
2022#6,82812
2021#8,8258
2020#8,7398
2019#5,34017
2018#5,77015
2017#7,09511
2016#5,55516
2015#6,67612
2014#16,5135#4,53821
2013#4,46321
2012#5,25617
2011#4,82219
2010#4,36622
2009#13,7047#4,27823
2008#3,92126
2007#3,79327
2006#4,22322
2005#3,94123
2004#2,95334
2003#4,11420
2002#15,4325#3,34926
2001#15,3525#3,22827
2000#13,1546#4,20418
1999#3,48022
1998#3,48621
1997#3,73818
1996#3,67818
1995#3,85416
1994#3,46919
1993#6,2288
1992#13,3175#4,32713
1991#5,5219
1990#6,4157
1989#5,1659
1988#4,45010
1987#5,4597
1986#4,4579
1985#2,50420
1984#4,2159
1983#3,41112
1982#2,59618
1981#3,03014
1980#3,09814
1979#2,66917
1978#2,92914
1977#3,03713
1976#2,82614
1975#2,63715
1974#7,6806#2,79913
1973#3,22310
1972#7,2926#2,08019
1971#8,3245#2,27917
1970#2,39915
1969#1,91419
1968#1,65023
1967#1,41129
1966#1,32733
1965#1,29435
1964#1,31136
1963#5,2967#1,54826
1962#1,45429
1961#4,8828#1,43931
1960#4,4379#1,19343
1959#4,3009#1,50128
1958#4,1939#1,26537
1957#2,82317#1,16544
1956#4,8377#1,05651
1955#5,8285#1,01155
1954#90866
1953#5,0406#98953
1952#4,9086#93957
1951#4,3857#1,01748
1950#1,31330
1949#1,34829
1948#1,61121
1947#1,36329
1946#1,75917
1945#1,49420
1944#1,52520
1943#1,91015
1942#2,14512
1941#2,20711
1940#2,17911
1939#2,4499
1938#3,1756
1937#3,1756
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1935#2,39610
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1930#4,0015
1929#3,9595
1928
1927#2,9129
1926#3,7086
1925#3,7416
1924#3,8676
1923#2,12315
1922#3,2528
1921#3,5177
1920#2,23114
1919#3,1158
1918#2,69910
1917#3,5456
1916#2,54310
1915#3,0827
1914#3,2645
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Kimball! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1928–1934, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Kimball
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 4,496 spots since 2024 (#6,199#10,695)
  • 1,956 spots since 2020 (#8,739#10,695)
  • 4,019 spots since 2015 (#6,676#10,695)
  • Biggest jump: 81 spots in 1954 (#989#908)
  • Biggest drop: 103 spots in 1955 (#908#1,011)
Rise & fade · boys
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1954 at #908 (66 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1952–1954
Share of babies · boys
1 in 30,890
  • Highest: 1 in 30,890 boys born in 1954 were named Kimball (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 23.4% of all boys named Kimball (469) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s46#2,543 (1916)#3,041
1920s76#2,123 (1923)#3,257
1930s36#2,396 (1935)#3,039
1940s185#1,348 (1949)#1,754
1950s469#908 (1954)#1,116
1960s304#1,193 (1960)#1,454
1970s147#2,080 (1972)#2,688
1980s122#2,504 (1985)#3,839
1990s151#3,469 (1994)#4,420
2000s246#2,953 (2004)#3,800
2010s171#4,366 (2010)#5,388
2020s55#6,199 (2024)#8,508

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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