# Kym (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kym/  
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 | 1,470 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 173 / 1,297 (88% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 109, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 9 | 7,009 |
| 1984 | 9 | 7,090 |
| 1985 | 9 | 7,269 |
| 1986 | 10 | 6,872 |
| 1987 | 7 | 9,304 |
| 1988 | 6 | 11,094 |
| 1989 | 7 | 10,290 |
| 1990 | 9 | 8,879 |
| 1991 | 5 | 14,321 |
| 1992 | 5 | 14,436 |
| 1993 | 10 | 8,395 |
| 1994 | 8 | 10,075 |
| 1997 | 5 | 15,003 |
| 2002 | 5 | 16,919 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14,890 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 12 | 2,373 |
| 1956 | 7 | 3,380 |
| 1957 | 8 | 3,150 |
| 1959 | 41 | 1,220 |
| 1960 | 20 | 1,843 |
| 1961 | 8 | 3,247 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,374 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,354 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,285 |
| 1984 | 5 | 6,895 |
| 1988 | 7 | 6,157 |
| 1990 | 12 | 4,560 |
| 1991 | 7 | 6,959 |
| 1993 | 7 | 7,253 |
| 1996 | 5 | 9,883 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 14 | 1,296 |
| 1997 | 11 | 1,543 |
| 1998 | 5 | 2,701 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2001 | 16 | 1,238 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 11 | 1,722 |
| 2004 | 9 | 2,112 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7 | 1,642 |
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |

## People named Kym

- Kym Whitley, American actress and comedian
- Kym Marsh, English actress and former singer
- Kym Karath, American actress and model
- Kym Howe, Australian pole vaulter
- Kym Carter, American athletics competitor
- Kym Mazelle, American singer

## 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.