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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1954 at #908 (66 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1952–1954
- 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%)
- 23.4% of all boys named Kimball (469) were born in this decade
- 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.
Kimball in 1953
Top girls' names in 1953
Top boys' names in 1953
More about 1953
girls
1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 313,550 of them was named Kimball, which outranked 22.4% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,595Yevette7
- #4,595Zelia7
- #4,595Zeta7
- #5,040Kimball6
- #5,040Abelina6
- #5,040Adah6
- #5,040Adelfa6
- #5,673Abagail5
- #5,673Adelene5
- #5,673Adelmira5
Tied with 632 names at #5,040; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 37,213 of them was named Kimball, which outranked 77.2% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).