girls:
522 births since 1979
#5194 (9th percentile)
boys:
365 births since 1995
#4221 (8th percentile)
overall:
887 births since 1979
#6852 (11th percentile)
The name Kimari is the #6,852 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 887 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 11.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,194 (9.1% percentile) for all time with 522 births since 1979. For boys, it ranks #4,221 (7.9% percentile) for all time with 365 births since 1995.
Kimari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for girls and 1995 for boys). Birth data for Kimari is available in 32 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023 (32 years for girls and 26 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kimari has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (58.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 26.7% of babies named Kimari were girls. Interestingly, until around 2020, the name was more popular for girls (62.0% girls from 1979 to 2019), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (59.0% boys from 2020 to 2023).
For girls, Kimari reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 4.2% percentile (ranked #943) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kimari ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 20.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kimari reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #882) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kimari is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #894 (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kimari".
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