Kimo — #9088 US boys' name
859 babies named Kimo in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to boys today.
21% of everyone ever named Kimo was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Kimo in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kimo
The Social Security Administration has registered 859 babies named Kimo between 1949 and 2024, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kimo currently holds the #9088 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kimo performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kimo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 278 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kimo in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kimo 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 859 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.
Kimo at a glance
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Current rank
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Kimo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1949
- Peak year (1981)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
Currently ranks #9088 among boys.
859 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 28 births in a single year.
Kimo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 177 births that decade — 21% of Kimo's all-time total
Kimo decade highlights
- Peak decade 177 births
- Runner-up 167 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kimo's strongest decade
177 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Kimo by state
Where Kimo concentrates geographically — total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 278 | 32.4% |
| #2 | California | | 98 | 11.4% |
278 of 859 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 32.4% of nationwide
- California 11.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 32.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1949–2024 (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.