Kjell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kjell

The Social Security Administration has registered 359 babies named Kjell between 1958 and 2014, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kjell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kjell performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kjell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Kjell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kjell 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 359 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.