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Kimmie

#10,517 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Diminutive of Kimberly

Kimmie has been given to 1,409 babies in the U.S. since 1952. In 2025 it ranked #10,517 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1963, with 59 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% girls, 9% boys all-time.

Babies named Kimmie, 2025

1 in 368,000

Kimmie 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kimmie over time

In 2025, Kimmie went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19522025

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.

Kimmie: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Kimberly

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kimmie means

Kimmie is a diminutive of Kimberly.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Kimmie → Kimberly → Kimberley. The family’s meaning is “royal + fortress”, recorded in English with the source elements cyne- and burh.

Origin, language, and formation

Kimmie is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kimberly and Kimberley.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,278 girls were recorded with the name Kimmie between 1952 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 59 in 1963; its best national rank was #1,427 in 1959.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,413 in 2015 to #10,517 in 2025.

In the United States, 131 boys were recorded with the name Kimmie between 1953 and 1974. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1954; its best national rank was #1,860 in 1954.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kimmie?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 179,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#10,517
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kimmie 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 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kimmie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kimmies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kimmie was born before 1968 — so the typical Kimmie is around 57 today.

Median birth year
1968
About 57 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
39.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
12.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,278
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1960s — 39.3% of all recorded uses (502).

Is Kimmie 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
+3,893
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
+896
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
15.3%
Peak was 1963 (59)
Years since peak
62
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,427
1959

Spellings of Kimmie

Kimmie is not the most common spelling — Tammie is, with 29.0% against Kimmie's 1.0%.

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 Kimmie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kimmie was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 397,410 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Michigan1 in —
  5. 5Missouri1 in —
  6. 6New York1 in —
  7. 7Ohio1 in —
  8. 8Tennessee1 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. Kimmie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Kimmie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Kimmie was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,652,691 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 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. Kimmie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kimmie around the world

Where Kimmie 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.

  • France
    2003–2012
    #6,593
    in 2012
  • South Australia
    1969–1969
    #731
    in 1969

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kimmie by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,517
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#1,427
1959
Peak year
1963
59 that year
First recorded
1952
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,278
Count in 2025
9

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,860
1954
Peak year
1954
18 that year
First recorded
1953
Last recorded
1974
All-time count
131
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kimmie

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

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Sibling names for Kimmie

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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