Kiel
Boy · KEEL
Kiel is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Kiel mean?
Uncertain; perhaps a form of Kyle
Also the name of a port city on the Baltic coast of northern Germany.
- Say it
- KEEL
Is Kiel a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kiel in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kiel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Kiel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Kiel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Kiel, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1983, with 279 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the boys named Kiel in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kiel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,471 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,556 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,196 |
| 1997 | 45 | #1,988 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,042 |
| 1995 | 51 | #1,731 |
| 1994 | 55 | #1,638 |
| 1993 | 58 | #1,549 |
| 1992 | 57 | #1,541 |
| 1991 | 53 | #1,583 |
| 1990 | 73 | #1,289 |
| 1989 | 81 | #1,180 |
| 1988 | 85 | #1,074 |
| 1987 | 122 | #845 |
| 1986 | 183 | #663 |
| 1985 | 221 | #591 |
| 1984 | 262 | #532 |
| 1983 | 279 | #502 |
| 1982 | 194 | #623 |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,101 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
Names like Kiel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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