Kimi
Kimi was the 5488th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 1965, when it ranked 1357th with 66 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,218 places. More babies were named Kimi in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,488 girls, up 2,715 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 23girls
- Girls and boys
- 58% girls, 42% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 196566 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,118babies recorded
Kimi popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,488 | #8,614 | 23 | 9 |
| 2020 | #8,203 | #5,146 | 13 | 18 |
| 2010 | #6,295 | — | 21 | — |
| 2000 | #7,383 | — | 14 | — |
| 1990 | #4,960 | — | 19 | — |
| 1980 | #2,723 | — | 34 | — |
| 1970 | #1,971 | — | 43 | — |
| 1960 | #1,866 | — | 37 | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | #4,191 | — | 7 | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Kimi, counting every spelling?
Kimi has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kimi?
23 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kimi (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kimi 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 363 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kimi.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kimi?
About 1,600 people born in the US named Kimi are alive today, with a median age of 49; half are between 25 and 61. That makes Kimi mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
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.
Kimi by state
How common Kimi was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kimi: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kimi, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kimi
How popular is the name Kimi?
Kimi was the 5488th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 1965, when it ranked 1357th with 66 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,218 places. More babies were named Kimi in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Kimi a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 58% girls, 42% boys given the name Kimi in the US.
Where is Kimi most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kimi was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls).