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Kimmy

#16,177 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Diminutive of Kimberly

Kimmy has been given to 1,366 babies in the U.S. since 1956. In 2025 it ranked #16,177 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1967, with 46 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% girls, 20% boys all-time.

Babies named Kimmy, 2025

1 in 663,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

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

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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.

Kimmy: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Kimberly

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kimmy means

Kimmy is a diminutive of Kimberly.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Kimmy is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɪm.i/ for Kimmy.

Meaning behind the documented name family

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

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kimberly and Kimberley.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Kimmy is pronounced /ˈkɪmi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,089 girls were recorded with the name Kimmy between 1956 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 46 in 1967; its best national rank was #1,691 in 1967.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,719 in 2020 to #16,177 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,826 in 2015 to #16,177 in 2025.

In the United States, 277 boys were recorded with the name Kimmy between 1951 and 1987. Its highest annual count was 22 in 1959; its best national rank was #1,743 in 1959.

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 Kimmy?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 321,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#16,177
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kimmy 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kimmy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kimmys were born

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

Median birth year
1973
About 52 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
34.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
20.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,089
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1960s — 34.2% of all recorded uses (372).

Is Kimmy 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
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−5,458
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−6,351
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.45×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
10.9%
Peak was 1967 (46)
Years since peak
58
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,691
1967

Spellings of Kimmy

Kimmy is not the most common spelling — Tammy is, with 57.0% against Kimmy's 0.19%.

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 Kimmy is used

Across 1910–2025, Kimmy was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 618,571 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Iowa1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5Indiana1 in —
  6. 6Michigan1 in —
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 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. Kimmy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kimmy around the world

Where Kimmy 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
    2002–2015
    #4,103
    in 2015
  • France
    1994–2025
    #4,820
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1993–2018
    #2,616
    in 2018
  • South Australia
    2013–2013
    #536
    in 2013

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.

Kimmy by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#16,177
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 5,458
Best rank ever
#1,691
1967
Peak year
1967
46 that year
First recorded
1956
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,089
Count in 2025
5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,743
1959
Peak year
1959
22 that year
First recorded
1951
Last recorded
1987
All-time count
277
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kimmy

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

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Sibling names for Kimmy

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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