girls:
1.8k births since 1915
#3993 (30th percentile)
boys:
279 births since 2006
#4307 (6th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1915
#5715 (26th percentile)
The name Kimi is the #5,715 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,066 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 26.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,993 (30.1% percentile) for all time with 1,787 births since 1915. For boys, it ranks #4,307 (6.0% percentile) for all time with 279 births since 2006.
Kimi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for girls and 2006 for boys). Birth data for Kimi is available in 84 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (84 years for girls and 13 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 Kimi has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 60.0% of babies named Kimi were girls.
For girls, Kimi reached its peak popularity in 1965, achieving the 8.1% percentile (ranked #696) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 1965, with 36 births per million (ranked 8.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kimi ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 19.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kimi reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 5.3% percentile (ranked #856) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kimi ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 16.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kimi".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kimi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.8% confident that Kimi is pronounced as KEE-mee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KIH-mee, at 13.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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