Boys' name · since 1974
Kimathi
Kimathi has 24 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,553 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,409 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 24
- born since 1974
- 2020s
- peak decade
24 babies have been named Kimathi since 1974, making it today's #8409 boys' name.
Kimathi has 24 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8409 as of the latest data, more common than 40% of boys, 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 1974 to 2025.
- #27,553 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,409 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 24 born since 1974
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kimathi ranks #27,553 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,409 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 24 born since 1974, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,553 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,409 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 24
- born since 1974
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kimathi's 24 recorded births place it above 39.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kimathi compares
24 9th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Kimathi's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kimathi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 24 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kimathi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kimathi splits its recorded history at 2005: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kimathi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Kimathi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (9 births, 38% of the file).
2020s was Kimathi's strongest decade.
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Kimathi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 9 births (38% of all-time use).
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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, 1974–2025 (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 Kimathi 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.