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
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1954 · 66 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,008since 1914
Kimball over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,340 | 17 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,770 | 15 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #4,538 | 21 |
| 2013 | — | #4,463 | 21 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,256 | 17 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,822 | 19 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,366 | 22 | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #4,278 | 23 |
| 2008 | — | #3,921 | 26 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,793 | 27 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,223 | 22 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,941 | 23 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,953 | 34 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,114 | 20 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #3,349 | 26 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #3,228 | 27 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | — | #3,480 | 22 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,486 | 21 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,738 | 18 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,678 | 18 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,854 | 16 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,469 | 19 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | — | #5,521 | 9 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,504 | 20 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,596 | 18 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,098 | 14 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,929 | 14 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,826 | 14 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,637 | 15 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #2,080 | 19 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #2,279 | 17 |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,914 | 19 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,650 | 23 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,411 | 29 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,327 | 33 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,294 | 35 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,311 | 36 | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #1,548 | 26 |
| 1962 | — | #1,454 | 29 | |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #1,439 | 31 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #1,193 | 43 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #1,501 | 28 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #1,265 | 37 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #1,165 | 44 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #1,056 | 51 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #1,011 | 55 |
| 1954 | — | #908 | 66 | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #989 | 53 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #939 | 57 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #1,017 | 48 |
| 1950 | — | #1,313 | 30 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,348 | 29 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,363 | 29 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,759 | 17 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,494 | 20 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,525 | 20 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,910 | 15 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,145 | 12 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,207 | 11 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,396 | 10 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
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| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,123 | 15 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,231 | 14 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
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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.
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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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 46 | #2,543 (1916) | #3,041 |
| 1920s | 76 | #2,123 (1923) | #3,257 |
| 1930s | 36 | #2,396 (1935) | #3,039 |
| 1940s | 185 | #1,348 (1949) | #1,754 |
| 1950s | 469 | #908 (1954) | #1,116 |
| 1960s | 304 | #1,193 (1960) | #1,454 |
| 1970s | 147 | #2,080 (1972) | #2,688 |
| 1980s | 122 | #2,504 (1985) | #3,839 |
| 1990s | 151 | #3,469 (1994) | #4,420 |
| 2000s | 246 | #2,953 (2004) | #3,800 |
| 2010s | 171 | #4,366 (2010) | #5,388 |
| 2020s | 55 | #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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