Kiel
#2,722 most common boys' name of all time · #6,548 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1961–2025
Rank among boys
#2,722
Rank overall
#6,548 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
2,535
Since 2016
99
Peak year
1983 #503
Best rank
#503 1983
Girls
Boys
peak 287/yr
Kiel first appears in 1961. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,908 |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,172 |
| 2023 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,291 |
| 2022 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,154 |
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,917 |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,719 |
| 2019 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,281 |
| 2018 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,257 |
| 2017 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,868 |
| 2016 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,290 |
| 2015 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,891 |
| 2014 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,172 |
| 2013 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,035 |
| 2011 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,632 |
| 2010 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,554 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,084 |
| 2008 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2007 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,269 |
| 2006 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,276 |
| 2005 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,363 |
| 2004 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,911 |
| 2003 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,662 |
| 2002 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,952 |
| 2001 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,500 |
| 1999 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,577 |
| 1998 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,215 |
| 1997 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,011 |
| 1996 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,062 |
| 1995 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,746 |
| 1994 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,655 |
| 1993 | 5 | 58 | 63 | #1,566 |
| 1992 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,562 |
| 1991 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,605 |
| 1990 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,305 |
| 1989 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,193 |
| 1988 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,082 |
| 1987 | 7 | 122 | 129 | #850 |
| 1986 | — | 183 | 183 | #664 |
| 1985 | 5 | 221 | 226 | #592 |
| 1984 | 5 | 262 | 267 | #532 |
| 1983 | 8 | 279 | 287 | #503 |
| 1982 | — | 194 | 194 | #624 |
| 1981 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,109 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,331 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,524 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,810 |
| 1977 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,397 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,260 |
| 1975 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,022 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,963 |
| 1973 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,171 |
| 1972 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,293 |
| 1971 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,661 |
| 1970 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,468 |
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,621 |
| 1965 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,772 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,559 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,622 |