Kimi
- #5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births
- #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Given to girls 85.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1965 · 66 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,819since 1915
Kimi over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,410 | 23 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | #5,041 | 18 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #4,639 | 21 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #3,249 | 35 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | #3,230 | 35 |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | #3,022 | 38 |
| 2014 | #5,163 | 26 | #2,402 | 53 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | #4,180 | 23 |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,065 | 27 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,699 | 34 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,743 | 27 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,890 | 44 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,296 | 34 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,952 | 43 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,058 | 37 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,647 | 49 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,659 | 47 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,568 | 51 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,350 | 66 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,686 | 47 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,754 | 43 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,672 | 46 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,516 | 51 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,985 | 31 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,652 | 42 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,693 | 39 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,553 | 19 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
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| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | — | |
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| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | — | |
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| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five girls were named Kimi! It came in at #3,434, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kimi is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- California#2,276 · 1 in 20,216
Best ever in a state: #238 in Hawaii, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #2,276 | 8 | 1 in 20,216 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 4,861 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #5,410)
- 2,559 spots since 2020 (#7,969 → #5,410)
- 3,037 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #5,410)
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1965 at #1,350 (66 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 26,745
- Highest: 1 in 26,745 girls born in 1965 were named Kimi (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 69,881 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 25.4% of all girls named Kimi (462) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 31 | #3,219 (1919) | #3,454 |
| 1920s | 64 | #2,378 (1921) | #3,439 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 6 | #4,054 (1944) | #4,054 |
| 1950s | 204 | #1,516 (1959) | #2,855 |
| 1960s | 462 | #1,350 (1965) | #1,709 |
| 1970s | 287 | #1,890 (1972) | #2,807 |
| 1980s | 186 | #2,699 (1980) | #4,551 |
| 1990s | 152 | #4,497 (1991) | #6,676 |
| 2000s | 172 | #4,906 (2002) | #7,054 |
| 2010s | 169 | #5,163 (2014) | #7,575 |
| 2020s | 86 | #5,410 (2025) | #7,836 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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