Boys' name · since 1953
Kimbel
11 babies named Kimbel in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 11
- total births
- 1953–1954
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
11 boys have been named Kimbel since 1953, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kimbel has 11 recorded births among boys since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1954.
- 11 total births
- 1953–1954 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kimbel's 11 recorded births place it above 25% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kimbel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kimbel's full recorded timeline at 1954, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1953, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1954 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kimbel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1954
- Peak year (1954)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Kimbel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Kimbel's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kimbel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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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, 1953–1954 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kimbel: Baby Name Since 1953 - 11 Births, Peak 1954." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kimbel. 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 Kimbel 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.