Unisex name · since 1951
Kimbal
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.
- 56
- total births
- 1951–1964
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
Kimbal is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 56 have been recorded since 1951.
Social Security Administration records show Kimbal recorded 56 times among boys since 1951, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 1964.
- 56 total births
- 1951–1964 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 71% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kimbal's 56 recorded births place it above 53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kimbal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kimbal's full recorded timeline at 1957, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1952 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kimbal popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1964
- Peak year (1952)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Kimbal popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1957 (Kimbal as girls' name)
Kimbal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Kimbal's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Kimbal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
40 births
- 1960s
1960s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 40 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Kimbal's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 1960s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1951–1964 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kimbal: Baby Name Since 1951 - 56 Births, Peak 1952." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kimbal. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kimbal draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.