Is Kimball a boy or girl name?

Kimball is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 2,148 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 6.5% were girls and 93.5% were boys.

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Kimball

Recorded 1914–2025 · United States

Kimball was most popular in 1954, when 66 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,059 that year. In 2025 it ranked #22,044, with 6 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,148 people named Kimball.

Kimball over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kimball’s peak in 1954. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kimball a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kimball is mostly a boy’s name — 6.5% of the 2,148 Americans given it were girls and 93.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Kimball

Where Kimball is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org