Masculine dossier · first seen 1961

Kiel

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kiel
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.8% from peak

Peak era

1983

Peak rank proxy

279

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1961Peak 19832024

Peak year

1983

Decline from peak

97.8%

2024

All-time

2,499

Kiel once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1983, when 279 boys were named Kiel.

In 2024, only 6 boys were given the name.

Down 97.8% from its peak.

All told, about 2,499 Americans have been named Kiel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1961.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.8% from peak

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