Kimsey — boys' name
61 babies named Kimsey in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
61 boys have been named Kimsey since 1923, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1968.
- 61
- total births
- 1923–1968
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Kimsey was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Kimsey in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kimsey
The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Kimsey between 1923 and 1968, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kimsey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kimsey performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kimsey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kimsey in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kimsey 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 61 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.
Kimsey at a glance
Last recorded 1968Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kimsey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1923
- Peak year (1947)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1968.
61 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 7 births in a single year.
Kimsey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 30 births that decade — 49% of Kimsey's all-time total
Kimsey decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Kimsey's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Kimsey by state
Where Kimsey concentrates geographically — total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 8.2% |
5 of 61 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 8.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 8.2% 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, 1923–1968 (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.