Girls' name · since 1980
Kimia
Kimia has 590 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,666 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,951 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 590
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kimia currently ranks #6951 among girls' names in America, with 590 babies recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kimia has been recorded 590 times among girls since 1980, currently ranked #6951 nationally and more common than 60% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #10,666 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,951 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 590 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kimia ranks #10,666 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,951 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 590 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,666 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,951 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 590
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kimia's 590 recorded births place it above 85.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kimia compares
590 Top 42% higher than 58% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Kimia's all-time total is 57% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kimia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 590 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kimia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kimia's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kimia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Kimia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (183 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Kimia's strongest decade.
183 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Kimia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 38
1980s
38 births
- 1990s
1990s
156 births
- 2000s
2000s
183 births
- 2010s
2010s
114 births
- 2020s
2020s
99 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 183 births (31% of all-time use).
How Kimia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kimia's total volume
Kimia by state
Where Kimia concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 168 | 28.5% |
168 of 590 births nationwide.
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What to do with Kimia's data
- Kimia's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (183 total births) through the 2020s (99) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Kimias (168 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kimia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
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, 1980–2025 (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 Kimia 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.