Kindel — unisex name
66 babies named Kindel in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
66 girls have been named Kindel since 1971, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2012.
- 66
- total births
- 1971–2012
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Kindel was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Kindel in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kindel
The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Kindel between 1971 and 2012, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kindel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Kindel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1991.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kindel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kindel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kindel 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 66 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.
Kindel at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kindel popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1971
- Peak year (1985)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
66 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 11 births in a single year.
Kindel popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1991 (Kindel as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kindel accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kindel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 30 births that decade — 45% of Kindel's all-time total
Kindel decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kindel's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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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, 1971–2012 (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.