Girls' name · since 1976
Kimeka
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 61 babies named Kimeka, peaking in 1977. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 61
- total births
- 1976–1990
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
Kimeka sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 61 recorded since 1976.
Kimeka has 61 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1990.
- 61 total births
- 1976–1990 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 59% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kimeka's 61 recorded births place it above 55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kimeka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kimeka's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kimeka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1990
- Peak year (1977)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Kimeka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kimeka's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Kimeka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
20 births
- 1980s
1980s
36 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 36 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Kimeka's decade-level peak was the 1980s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1976–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kimeka: Baby Name Since 1976 - 61 Births, Peak 1977." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kimeka. 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 Kimeka 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.