Kimball
Kimball was the 11405th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1954, when it ranked 911th with 66 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,506 places. More babies were named Kimball in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #11,405 boys, down 2,227 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 195466 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,148babies recorded
Kimball popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 140 since 1951.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,405 | 6 |
| 2020 | #9,178 | 8 |
| 2010 | #4,453 | 22 |
| 2000 | #4,307 | 18 |
| 1990 | #6,839 | 7 |
| 1980 | #3,183 | 14 |
| 1970 | #2,451 | 15 |
| 1960 | #1,199 | 43 |
| 1950 | #1,329 | 30 |
| 1940 | #2,249 | 11 |
| 1930 | #4,294 | 5 |
| 1920 | #2,285 | 14 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kimball, counting every spelling?
Kimball is the most common spelling of a name family that had 6 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 6 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimball | 6 | #11,405 | 47 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kimball?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kimball (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kimball 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 Kimball.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kimball?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Kimball are alive today, with a median age of 48; half are between 22 and 68. That makes Kimball mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
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.
Kimball by state
How common Kimball was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kimball: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kimball, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kimball
How popular is the name Kimball?
Kimball was the 11405th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1954, when it ranked 911th with 66 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,506 places. More babies were named Kimball in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Kimball a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kimball in the US.
Where is Kimball most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kimball was most common in Utah (0.07 per 1,000 boys).