How Many People Are Named Kjell?
people named Kjell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,032,582 people in the US has this name
Based on 360 babies named Kjell in Social Security records from 1958 to 2014, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
15 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of KETIL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Kjell in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kjell alive today is about 41 years old, and 75% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 52 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kjell first appears in the records in 1958 and was given most often in 1968, to 15 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2014.
Babies given the name each year, 1958 to 2014
🏆 Rank History
Kjell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,150, in 1968.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,150 (1968) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,282 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kjell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kjell were born in California than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today.
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