Girls' name · since 1956
Kimila
Since 1956, U.S. Social Security records show 96 babies named Kimila, peaking in 1966. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 96
- total births
- 1956–1970
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
96 girls have been named Kimila since 1956, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kimila has 96 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 1970.
- 96 total births
- 1956–1970 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 65% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kimila's 96 recorded births place it above 62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kimila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kimila's full recorded timeline at 1962, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1966 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kimila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1970
- Peak year (1966)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Kimila by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Kimila's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Kimila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
29 births
- 1960s
1960s
62 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 62 births (65% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kimila's data
- Kimila's decade-level peak was the 1960s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1956–1970 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kimila: Baby Name Since 1956 - 96 Births, Peak 1966." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kimila. 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 Kimila 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.