Kiel
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1983 · 279 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,505since 1961
Kiel over time
Rank among boys' names. Kiel has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,220 | 14 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,981 | 18 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,478 | 16 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,714 | 20 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,210 | 17 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,223 | 22 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,326 | 20 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,860 | 23 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,626 | 24 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,909 | 21 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,721 | 22 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,476 | 38 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,560 | 34 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,199 | 41 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,991 | 45 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,047 | 42 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,736 | 51 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,643 | 55 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #1,554 | 58 |
| 1992 | — | #1,546 | 57 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,589 | 53 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,294 | 73 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,184 | 81 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,076 | 85 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #846 | 122 |
| 1986 | — | #663 | 183 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #591 | 221 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #532 | 262 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #502 | 279 |
| 1982 | — | #623 | 194 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,101 | 68 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,902 | 13 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
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| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
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| 1965 | — | #2,617 | 10 | |
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| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kiel! It came in at #4,065, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1964, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kiel is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#466 · 1 in 6,465
- Washington#517 · 1 in 6,520
- Illinois#648 · 1 in 9,272
- Texas#1,108 · 1 in 20,587
- New York#1,304 · 1 in 25,938
Best ever in a state: #193 in Iowa, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Indiana | #466 | 6 | 1 in 6,465 |
| Washington | #517 | 5 | 1 in 6,520 |
| Illinois | #648 | 9 | 1 in 9,272 |
| Texas | #1,108 | 7 | 1 in 20,587 |
| New York | #1,304 | 5 | 1 in 25,938 |
| California | #1,538 | 7 | 1 in 36,034 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kiel
- 243 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #10,695)
- 4,075 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #10,695)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 478 spots in 1982 (#1,101 → #623)
- Biggest drop: 230 spots in 1988 (#846 → #1,076)
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1983 at #502 (279 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1982–1987
- Highest: 1 in 6,425 boys born in 1983 were named Kiel (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 60.0% of all boys named Kiel (1,504) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27 | #2,617 (1965) | #3,520 |
| 1970s | 91 | #2,558 (1971) | #3,833 |
| 1980s | 1,504 | #502 (1983) | #1,125 |
| 1990s | 509 | #1,294 (1990) | #1,816 |
| 2000s | 214 | #2,476 (2000) | #4,593 |
| 2010s | 107 | #4,981 (2013) | #7,100 |
| 2020s | 53 | #6,220 (2023) | #8,863 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kiel in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 22,521 of them was named Kiel, which outranked 87.3% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,070Deante86
- #1,070Erwin86
- #1,070Lindsey86
- #1,076Kiel85
- #1,076Camden85
- #1,076Darion85
- #1,076Delbert85
- #1,083Darien84
- #1,083Eloy84
- #1,083Julien84
Tied with 6 names at #1,076; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.