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Kimi

#5,487 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Royal + fortress, through Kimberley

Kimi has been given to 2,118 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #5,487 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1965, with 66 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% girls, 14% boys all-time.

Babies named Kimi, 2025

1 in 144,000

Kimi over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kimi over time

In 2025, Kimi went to 72% girls and 28% boys.

19152025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kimi: meaning, origin, and history

Royal + fortress, through Kimberley

Javanese

What Kimi means

Kimi belongs to the name family reached through Kimi → Kimberley. Its meaning is “royal + fortress”.

Origin, language, and formation

Kimi is used in English, Finnish and Malay. Its origins include Javanese.

Kimi is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kimberley, Kimmy and Kim.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Kimi is pronounced /ˈkimi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,819 girls were recorded with the name Kimi between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 66 in 1965; its best national rank was #1,357 in 1965.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,198 in 2020 to #5,487 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,701 in 2015 to #5,487 in 2025.

In the United States, 299 boys were recorded with the name Kimi between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 53 in 2014; its best national rank was #2,414 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,142 in 2020 to #8,610 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,055 in 2015 to #8,610 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Kimi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 144,000
23 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 69,900
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,487
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
99,910 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kimi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 99,910 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kimi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kimis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kimi was born before 1973 — so the typical Kimi is around 52 today.

Median birth year
1973
About 52 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
25.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
22.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,718
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1960s — 25.4% of all recorded uses (462).

Is Kimi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+5,215
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,711
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+3,214
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.77×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
34.8%
Peak was 1965 (66)
Years since peak
60
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,357
1965

Spellings of Kimi

Kimi is not the most common spelling — Kim is, with 27.6% against Kimi's 0.28%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kimi is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kimi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 138,109 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Hawaii1 in 50,000
  3. 3Michigan1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Oregon1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kimi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Kimi is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Kimi was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 232,144 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kimi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kimi around the world

Where Kimi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #5,927
    in 2025
  • France
    2002–2025
    #7,231
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2024–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1966–1971
    #724
    in 1971

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kimi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,487
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,711
Best rank ever
#1,357
1965
Peak year
1965
66 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,819
Count in 2025
23

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,610
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,468
Best rank ever
#2,414
2014
Peak year
2014
53 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
299
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Kimi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Kimi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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