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Kim

Pronounced /kɪm/

Rank in 2024
#4,813
Born in 2024
28
Peak year
1960 · #34
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:13 in 2024 (#6,610)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 28 girls were named Kim, about 1 in every 57,614.
  • It peaked in 1960 with 12,474 babies, ranked #34.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1914.
  • 179,781 girls have been named Kim since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Kim per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. 3.2
    Boomers
  4. 2.3
    Gen X
  5. 0.2
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 49 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 569 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 113,179 babies, 3.16 per 1,000. Gen X: 59,524 babies, 2.33 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,469 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,414 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 577 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Clipping of Kimball and Kimberley as a male name, and of Kimberley and Kimberly as a female name. ==== Proper noun ==== Kim (plural Kims) A unisex given name. A male given name transferred from the surname. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1940s and later usage. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations =====

  • A unisex given name.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1940s and later usage.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/kɪm/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Kim, CC BY-SA 4.0.