Kimala — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kimala

The Social Security Administration has registered 326 babies named Kimala between 1955 and 1982, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kimala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kimala performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 167 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kimala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Kimala in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kimala 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 326 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.