Kimball

Where Kimball comes from

From Old Welsh Cynbel, from cyn (“chief”) + bel (“war”). Possibly also from Old English Cynebeald.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kimball
Along the way
  1. 1893
    Kimball Young born
    American sociologist
  2. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,264 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1954
    Peak, #908
    66 babies named Kimball — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1959
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,501.
  5. 1982
    Kimball Allen born
    American writer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Kimball Allen · American writer, born 1982
  • Kimball Young · American sociologist, 1893–1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.