Girls' name · since 1970
Kimya
Kimya has 757 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,075 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,143 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 757
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
757 babies have been named Kimya since 1970, making it today's #11143 girls' name.
Kimya has 757 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11143 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #9,075 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,143 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 757 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kimya ranks #9,075 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,143 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 757 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #9,075 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,143 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 757
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kimya's 757 recorded births place it above 87.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kimya compares
757 Top 37% higher than 63% 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
Kimya's all-time total is 101% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kimya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 757 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kimya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kimya's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 38, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kimya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (1974)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Kimya by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (212 births, 28% of the file).
1970s was Kimya's strongest decade.
212 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Kimya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
212 births
- 1980s 71
1980s
71 births
- 1990s
1990s
88 births
- 2000s
2000s
195 births
- 2010s
2010s
147 births
- 2020s 44
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 212 births (28% of all-time use).
How Kimya 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 Kimya's total volume
Kimya by state
Where Kimya concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 33 | 4.4% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 12 | 1.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.7% |
33 of 757 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Kimya's data
- Kimya's decade-level peak was the 1970s (212 total births); usage has since declined to 44 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kimyas (33 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 Kimya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Kimya 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.