Kiel
Kiel was the 11400th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 503rd with 279 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 76 places. More babies were named Kiel in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #11,400 boys, down 4,553 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1983279 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,535babies recorded
Kiel popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 30 since 1983.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,400 | 6 |
| 2020 | #6,847 | 12 |
| 2010 | #5,622 | 16 |
| 2000 | #2,507 | 38 |
| 1990 | #1,300 | 73 |
| 1980 | #4,340 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,410 | 9 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kiel, counting every spelling?
Kiel has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kiel?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kiel (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kiel born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kiel.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kiel?
About 2,400 people born in the US named Kiel are alive today, with a median age of 40; half are between 32 and 43. That makes Kiel mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kiel: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kiel, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kiel
How popular is the name Kiel?
Kiel was the 11400th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 503rd with 279 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 76 places. More babies were named Kiel in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Kiel a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kiel in the US.