Kima — #7649 US girls' name
369 babies named Kima in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Kima was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Kima in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kima
The Social Security Administration has registered 369 babies named Kima between 1953 and 2024, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kima currently holds the #7649 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kima performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kima shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kima in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kima in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 369 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kima at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1953
- Peak year (2021)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 72 years of records
Currently ranks #7649 among girls.
369 total births across 72 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 23 births in a single year.
Kima by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 92 births that decade — 25% of Kima's all-time total
Kima decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kima's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Kima by state
Where Kima concentrates geographically — total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 369 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.4% of nationwide
- New York 1.4% of nationwide
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1953–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.