Kimmy
Kimmy was given to 5 girls in 2025, #16,177 among girls’ names; 1,366 Americans have been recorded with it since 1951 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,220 Americans named Kimmy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 34 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kimmy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Kimmy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Kimmy is “a diminutive of the female given names Kimberley and Kimberly.”
From Kim + -y.
/ˈkɪmi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Kimmy?
#16,177 among girls’ names, 2025
Kimmy fell from #9,826 in 2015 to #16,177 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 6.2 to 3.1 per million.
55 babies in 1962, the peak
Kimmy peaked in 1962, when 55 babies were given it (36 girls, #1,927 among girls’ names). The 5 births of 2025 are 9% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #16,177 | under 5 | |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,827 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,734 | under 5 | |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,719 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 10 | #10,138 | under 5 | |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,989 | under 5 | |
| 2017 | 8 | #12,230 | under 5 | |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,800 | under 5 | |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,826 | under 5 | |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,290 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (73)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 10 | #10,646 | under 5 | |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,837 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 11 | #10,085 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,899 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | 8 | #13,096 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 6 | #16,507 | under 5 | |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,293 | under 5 | |
| 2006 | 8 | #13,015 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,547 | under 5 | |
| 2004 | 9 | #11,196 | under 5 | |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,385 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 13 | #8,062 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 11 | #9,070 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 9 | #10,339 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,560 | under 5 | |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,288 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,433 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,219 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,798 | under 5 | |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,225 | under 5 | |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,127 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,855 | under 5 | |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,280 | under 5 | |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,711 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,573 | under 5 | |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,792 | under 5 | |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,540 | 7 | #5,800 |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,100 | under 5 | |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,950 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,746 | under 5 | |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,644 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 9 | #7,177 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,069 | under 5 | |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,706 | under 5 | |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,424 | under 5 | |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,983 | 6 | #5,455 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,038 | under 5 | |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,226 | under 5 | |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,566 | under 5 | |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,872 | under 5 | |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,170 | 7 | #4,301 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,223 | under 5 | |
| 1971 | 23 | #3,005 | under 5 | |
| 1970 | 38 | #2,141 | 5 | #5,107 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,966 | 7 | #3,777 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,958 | 6 | #3,931 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,691 | 9 | #2,878 |
| 1966 | 38 | #1,870 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,729 | 10 | #2,699 |
| 1964 | 32 | #2,131 | 21 | #1,768 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,849 | 8 | #3,196 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,927 | 19 | #1,878 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,500 | 20 | #1,848 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,964 | 18 | #1,946 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,312 | 22 | #1,743 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,808 | 19 | #1,866 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,197 | 19 | #1,867 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,798 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1955 | under 5 | 8 | #3,095 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 13 | #2,263 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 10 | #2,625 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 10 | #2,609 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 6 | #3,556 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Kimmy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,366 Americans recorded as Kimmy, 80% are girls and 20% boys. In 2025 it went to 5 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Kimmy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kimmy, and how old are they?
1,220 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 1,366 Americans ever recorded as Kimmy. The median Kimmy alive today is 56 years old; half are between 34 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 2,036 people named Kimmy (1,791 women and girls, 245 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,230 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 362 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 454 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 146 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 149 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 108 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 8,122 babies since 1880, Kimmy is the third most given (17% of them). In 2025 it was given to 5 of their 116 babies (4.3%), the seventh most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Kimmy and names like it
- Compare Kimmy and KimiBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sKimmy peaked in 1962.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Kimmy since 1910.
- The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Kimmy.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Kimmy alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with KMost given first.