# Kimi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kimi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,118 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 299 / 1,819 (86% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 296, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 5,645 |
| 2012 | 16 | 7,638 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,139 |
| 2014 | 26 | 5,234 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8,706 |
| 2016 | 17 | 7,083 |
| 2017 | 14 | 8,092 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13,181 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,142 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,203 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,472 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,861 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,745 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,707 |
| 2025 | 23 | 5,488 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 11,427 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,334 |
| 2013 | 23 | 4,255 |
| 2014 | 53 | 2,416 |
| 2015 | 38 | 3,056 |
| 2016 | 35 | 3,262 |
| 2017 | 35 | 3,284 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6,948 |
| 2019 | 21 | 4,721 |
| 2020 | 18 | 5,146 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,198 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7,525 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,397 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,532 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,614 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 12 | 1,862 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,410 |
| 2008 | 11 | 2,150 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 13 | 1,993 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2025 | 14 | 1,798 |

## People named Kimi

- Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish racing driver

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.