Kiel — #11094 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kiel

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,499 babies named Kiel between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kiel currently holds the #11094 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 279 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,504 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kiel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 226 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kiel in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kiel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,499 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.