Mostly girls · peaked in 1960
Kim name popularity since 1925
214,689 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kim (83.7% girls, 16.3% boys). Half of them were born in 1961 or earlier, so the typical Kim is about 65 years old in 2026. Kim peaked in 1960 as the #34 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 214,689
- Named Kim, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,228 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 83.7% girls
- 179,792 girls · 34,897 boys
- Most popular in
- Wisconsin
- 2.18× its national share
Peak year is the year Kim made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kim births per year, 1925–2025
1960 was the biggest year for Kim both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1950 and 1955, Kim became 18× more common, from 1 in 6,010 baby girls to 1 in 344.
- Steepest fall: Between 1973 and 1978, its share of baby girls fell by 64%, from 1 in 664 to 1 in 1,860.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kim's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kim.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kim in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 37 | 34 | – |
| 1930s | 209 | 310 | #1,742 |
| 1940s | 1,285 | 2,722 | #859 |
| 1950s | 56,080 | 21,208 | #75 |
| 1960s | 94,388 | 7,188 | #43 |
| 1970s | 20,697 | 1,818 | #178 |
| 1980s | 3,816 | 911 | #565 |
| 1990s | 1,600 | 407 | #1,258 |
| 2000s | 875 | 150 | #2,421 |
| 2010s | 587 | 93 | #2,516 |
| 2020–25 | 218 | 56 | #4,228 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
65.8% of babies named Kim from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Kim is most popular
The index compares Kim's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kim.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 2.18× | 9,064 |
| Montana | 1.78× | 1,102 |
| North Dakota | 1.78× | 1,188 |
| South Dakota | 1.73× | 1,167 |
| Wyoming | 1.54× | 439 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kim and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Kim (this page) | 179,792 | 1960 |
| Kym | 1,297 | 1959 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kim's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kim.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kim (1960).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data