Kimani
Kimani was the 4122nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 35 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 1896th; the most babies were born in 2008 (111). Over the last ten years it has moved down 709 places. More babies were named Kimani in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,122 girls, down 1,174 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 35girls
- Girls and boys
- 63% girls, 37% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2008111 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,457babies recorded
Kimani popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,122 | #3,619 | 35 | 31 |
| 2020 | #2,948 | #3,976 | 55 | 26 |
| 2010 | #2,068 | #2,608 | 96 | 47 |
| 2000 | #4,034 | #2,456 | 31 | 39 |
| 1990 | — | #3,123 | — | 20 |
| 1980 | — | #2,899 | — | 16 |
| 1970 | — | #4,058 | — | 7 |
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How popular is Kimani, counting every spelling?
Kimani has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kimani?
35 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kimani (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kimani born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 240 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kimani.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kimani?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Kimani are alive today, with a median age of 16; half are between 9 and 21. That makes Kimani mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kimani by state
How common Kimani was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Kimani
How popular is the name Kimani?
Kimani was the 4122nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 35 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 1896th; the most babies were born in 2008 (111). Over the last ten years it has moved down 709 places. More babies were named Kimani in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Kimani a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 63% girls, 37% boys given the name Kimani in the US.
Where is Kimani most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kimani was most common in North Carolina (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and Texas.