Girls' name · since 1953
Kima
377 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.
- #14,013 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,094 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 377
- born since 1953
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kima currently ranks #11094 among girls' names in America, with 377 babies recorded since 1953.
Kima has 377 recorded births among girls since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11094 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 2025.
- #14,013 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,094 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 377 born since 1953
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kima ranks #14,013 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,094 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 377 born since 1953, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,013 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,094 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 377
- born since 1953
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kima's 377 recorded births place it above 80.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kima compares
377 Top 50% higher than 50% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kima's all-time total is 0% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kima | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 377 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kima's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kima's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1953, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Kima by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (100 births, 27% of the file).
2020s was Kima's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Kima births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 26
1950s
26 births
- 1960s
1960s
62 births
- 1970s
1970s
84 births
- 1980s 31
1980s
31 births
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
43 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
100 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 100 births (27% 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 | 1.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 377 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- California records the most Kimas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kima: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~72 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1953–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kima draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.