Kiel
Kiel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 503rd, in 1983.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1983279 births
- Best rank
- #503in 1983
- Since 1961
- 2,499people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,499 boys have been named Kiel in the United States since 1961, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1983, with 279 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 279 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 1980s alone account for 60%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1983, its biggest year
Kiel was the 503rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1983 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, David and Joshua. See all of 1983.
Names that rose and fell with Kiel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Taureanpeak 1983
- Thanhpeak 1982
- Tuanpeak 1982
- Dustinpeak 1985
- Cheynepeak 1980
- Phongpeak 1984
- Johathanpeak 1988
- Jeradpeak 1983
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.