Kimi — #10319 US unisex name
1,796 babies named Kimi in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 42% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Kimi was born in this single decade.
66 babies were named Kimi in 1965 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kimi
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,796 babies named Kimi between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kimi currently holds the #10319 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 66 babies received it in a single year. Kimi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 290 additional births since 2006.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kimi performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 462 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Kimi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 301 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Hawaii and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kimi in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kimi 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 1,796 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.
Kimi at a glance
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Current rank
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Kimi popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (1965)
- 66
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #10319 among girls.
1,796 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1965 with 66 births in a single year.
Kimi popularity over time — boys
290 total births recorded since 2006 (Kimi as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kimi accounts for 14% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kimi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 462 births that decade — 26% of Kimi's all-time total
Kimi decade highlights
- Peak decade 462 births
- Runner-up 287 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Kimi's strongest decade
462 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Kimi by state
Where Kimi concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 301 | 16.8% |
| #2 | Hawaii | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Oregon | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.3% |
301 of 1,796 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 16.8% of nationwide
- Hawaii 0.6% of nationwide
- New York 0.6% of nationwide
- Texas 0.6% of nationwide
- Oregon 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1915–2024 (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.