Kimona

Girls' name

Form of Simona

Kimona has been given to 11 babies in the U.S. since 1978. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1978, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Kimona, 1979

1 in 665,000

Kimona over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kimona: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Simona

the Bible

What Kimona means

Kimona is a form of Simona.

Origin, language, and formation

Kimona is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include the Bible.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Simona.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Kimona is pronounced /kiˈmo.na/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11 girls were recorded with the name Kimona between 1978 and 1979. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1978; its best national rank was #9,080 in 1978.

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 Kimona?

Kimona had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1979, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1979: 1 in 665,000; 5 of 3,326,731 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1979: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 461,184 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kimona 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 1979 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 461,184 children born in 1979 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kimona. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kimonas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kimona was born before 1978 — so the typical Kimona is around 47 today.

Median birth year: 1978; About 47 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 11; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (11).

Is Kimona 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: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1978 (6)
Years since peak: 47; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #9,080; 1978

Spellings of Kimona

Kimona is not the most common spelling — Ramona is, with 20.1% against Kimona's <0.01%.

Ramona20.1%70,874
Mona13.0%45,787
Ximena11.3%39,656
Fiona9.6%33,959
Simone7.8%27,531
Kiana7.6%26,694
Jimena4.8%17,034
Winona3.7%12,953

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.

Kimona by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,080; 1978
Peak year: 1978; 6 that year
First recorded: 1978
Last recorded: 1979
All-time count: 11
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kimona

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

Kimura Kimely Kimlyn Kimaka Kimlee Kimary Kimann Kimily Kimeko Kimako Kimyia Kimmey Kimoree Kimbal Kimbla Kimbie Kimchi Kimone Kimoya Nimona Kimoura Kimilee Kimette Kimbler

Sibling names for Kimona

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

For a sister

Shanta Cory Imelda Lakesha Cristy Aja Jason Bambi

For a brother

Delvin Cedrick Torrey Jed Tory Aric Rodrick Leopoldo

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