Kimla — girls' name
154 babies named Kimla in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
154 girls have been named Kimla since 1956, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1973.
- 154
- total births
- 1956–1973
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 66%
- born in that decade
66% of everyone ever named Kimla was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Kimla in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kimla
The Social Security Administration has registered 154 babies named Kimla between 1956 and 1973, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kimla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kimla performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kimla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kimla in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kimla 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 154 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.
Kimla at a glance
Last recorded 1973Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kimla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1956
- Peak year (1963)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1973.
154 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 18 births in a single year.
Kimla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 102 births that decade — 66% of Kimla's all-time total
Kimla decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Kimla's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
Kimla by state
Where Kimla concentrates geographically — total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.2% |
5 of 154 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.2% 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, 1956–1973 (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.