Kimball
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Kimball is a boys' name, meaning “chief”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Kimball mean?
“chief”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kimball a girl's or a boy's name?
Kimball 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 Kimball in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Kimball, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 66 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had fewer boys named Kimball than any year since 1938.
Half of all the boys named Kimball in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2009, 23% of the babies named Kimball in the US were girls.
Kimball in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 23 | #1,649 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,410 |
| 1966 | 33 | #1,326 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,294 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,310 |
| 1963 | 26 | #1,547 |
| 1962 | 29 | #1,453 |
| 1961 | 31 | #1,438 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,192 |
| 1959 | 28 | #1,500 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,264 |
| 1957 | 44 | #1,164 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,055 |
| 1955 | 55 | #1,010 |
| 1954 | 66 | #907 |
| 1953 | 53 | #988 |
| 1952 | 57 | #938 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,016 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,312 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,347 |
| 1948 | 21 | #1,610 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,362 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,758 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,493 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,524 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,909 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Kimball
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Michael, Daniel, Kevin, Kendall, Joel, Steven, David, Jeffrey, Eric, Rocky, Patrick, Alan
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kimball: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kimball, updated 20 October 2026.