# Kimball (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kimball/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “chief”, “war” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,148 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,008 / 140 (7% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old Welsh Cynbel, from cyn (“chief”) + bel (“war”). Possibly also from Old English Cynebeald.

## What it means

Kimball is grouped under warrior.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 17 | 2,872 |
| 1958 | 9 | 4,346 |
| 1959 | 9 | 4,467 |
| 1960 | 9 | 4,610 |
| 1961 | 8 | 5,082 |
| 1963 | 7 | 5,595 |
| 1971 | 5 | 8,922 |
| 1972 | 6 | 7,721 |
| 1974 | 6 | 8,160 |
| 1992 | 5 | 14,396 |
| 2000 | 6 | 14,110 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,706 |
| 2002 | 5 | 16,858 |
| 2009 | 7 | 14,508 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,948 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 4,917 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,391 |
| 2013 | 21 | 4,549 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,629 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,899 |
| 2016 | 16 | 5,678 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,344 |
| 2018 | 15 | 5,929 |
| 2019 | 17 | 5,462 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,178 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,307 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,053 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,294 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,344 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,405 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.