Girls' name · since 1955
Kimba
Kimba has 85 recorded births since 1955 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1955 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 85
- total births
- 1955–1984
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
Kimba is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 85 have been recorded since 1955.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kimba has been recorded 85 times among girls since 1955, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 1984.
- 85 total births
- 1955–1984 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 47% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kimba's 85 recorded births place it above 60% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kimba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kimba's full recorded timeline at 1974, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1955 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kimba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1984
- Peak year (1955)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Kimba by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kimba's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Kimba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
19 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
40 births
- 1980s
1980s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 40 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Kimba's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 1980s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1955–1984 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kimba: Baby Name Since 1955 - 85 Births, Peak 1955." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kimba. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kimba 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 July 2026.