Kimbal — boys' name
56 babies named Kimbal in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
56 boys have been named Kimbal since 1951, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1964.
- 56
- total births
- 1951–1964
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
71% of everyone ever named Kimbal was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Kimbal in 1952 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kimbal
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Kimbal between 1951 and 1964, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kimbal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Kimbal is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1957.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kimbal performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kimbal shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kimbal 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 56 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.
Kimbal at a glance
Last recorded 1964Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kimbal popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1951
- Peak year (1952)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1964.
56 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1952 with 10 births in a single year.
Kimbal popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1957 (Kimbal as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kimbal accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kimbal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 40 births that decade — 71% of Kimbal's all-time total
Kimbal decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Kimbal's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1951–1964 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.