Kimble — boys' name
601 babies named Kimble in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1966. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Kimble was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Kimble in 1966 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kimble
The Social Security Administration has registered 601 babies named Kimble between 1913 and 2023, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kimble currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 32 babies received it in a single year. Kimble is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 232 additional births since 1955.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kimble performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Kimble shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kimble in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kimble 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 601 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.
Kimble at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kimble popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1913
- Peak year (1966)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
601 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1966 with 32 births in a single year.
Kimble popularity over time — girls
232 total births recorded since 1955 (Kimble as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Kimble accounts for 28% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kimble by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 196 births that decade — 33% of Kimble's all-time total
Kimble decade highlights
- Peak decade 196 births
- Runner-up 140 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Kimble's strongest decade
196 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Kimble by state
Where Kimble concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 11 | 1.8% |
11 of 601 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1913–2023 (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.