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Kim
Pronounced /kɪm/
Rank in 2024
#6,610
Born in 2024
13
Peak year
1955 · #98
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:28 in 2024 (#4,813)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 13 boys were named Kim, about 1 in every 131,947.
- It peaked in 1955 with 3,490 babies, ranked #98.
- It first shows up in the records in 1912.
- 34,944 boys 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.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.7Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 73 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 960 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 28,096 babies, 0.75 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,317 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,132 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 248 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 118 babies, 0.01 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.