Kimball is a boy's name of English origin meaning “chief and war.” In 2024 it was given to 14 boys in the United States.
Kimball belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “chief and war” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Kimball first appears in Social Security records in 1914. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #911 in 1954, and in 2024 14 babies received the name — 2,001 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Kimball means “chief and war” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Kimball is a boy name. In 2024, 14 babies received the name in the US.
Kimball comes from the English & American tradition.
Kimball first appears in US records in 1914. Its best-ever ranking was #911 in 1954, and 14 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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