Kimathi — boys' name
24 babies named Kimathi in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
24 boys have been named Kimathi since 1974, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 24
- total births
- 1974–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Kimathi was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Kimathi in 2025 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kimathi
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Kimathi between 1974 and 2025, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kimathi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2025, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kimathi performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 9 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kimathi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kimathi 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 24 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.
Kimathi at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kimathi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1974
- Peak year (2025)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
24 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2025 with 9 births in a single year.
Kimathi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 9 births that decade — 38% of Kimathi's all-time total
Kimathi decade highlights
- Peak decade 9 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kimathi's strongest decade
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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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, 1974–2025 (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.