Kim
Rank in 2025
#4172
recorded as girls
#10695
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
40
girls 34 · boys 6
Peak year
1960
12,477 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
214,768
since 1912
Born a Kim? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Kim was most popular in 1960, when 12,477 babies recorded as girls got the name (6.2 per 1,000). In 2025, 34 babies were named Kim, ranking #4172 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 19%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | 4172 | 6 | 10695 |
| 2024 | 28 | 4772 | 13 | 6469 |
| 2023 | 38 | 3911 | 9 | 8255 |
| 2022 | 40 | 3765 | 10 | 7768 |
| 2021 | 39 | 3801 | 8 | 8825 |
| 2020 | 39 | 3735 | 10 | 7502 |
| 2019 | 54 | 3002 | 10 | 7643 |
| 2018 | 36 | 4001 | 5 | 12156 |
| 2017 | 47 | 3346 | 8 | 8840 |
| 2016 | 53 | 3100 | 7 | 9664 |
| 2015 | 72 | 2501 | 11 | 7066 |
| 2014 | 69 | 2560 | 19 | 4866 |
| 2013 | 62 | 2769 | 8 | 8789 |
| 2012 | 92 | 2078 | 9 | 8158 |
| 2011 | 50 | 3267 | 7 | 9600 |
| 2010 | 52 | 3159 | 9 | 8139 |
| 2009 | 48 | 3409 | 17 | 5334 |
| 2008 | 64 | 2802 | 7 | 9871 |
| 2007 | 104 | 1971 | 10 | 7590 |
| 2006 | 85 | 2248 | 10 | 7427 |
| 2005 | 73 | 2407 | 13 | 5875 |
| 2004 | 91 | 2020 | 18 | 4602 |
| 2003 | 83 | 2106 | 17 | 4616 |
| 2002 | 111 | 1654 | 14 | 5131 |
| 2001 | 100 | 1777 | 26 | 3321 |
| 2000 | 116 | 1542 | 18 | 4204 |
| 1999 | 133 | 1336 | 29 | 2865 |
| 1998 | 102 | 1597 | 24 | 3191 |
| 1997 | 110 | 1490 | 20 | 3455 |
| 1996 | 129 | 1318 | 47 | 1908 |
| 1995 | 135 | 1254 | 31 | 2444 |
| 1994 | 161 | 1115 | 46 | 1851 |
| 1993 | 185 | 999 | 39 | 2050 |
| 1992 | 182 | 1025 | 45 | 1820 |
| 1991 | 207 | 928 | 60 | 1467 |
| 1990 | 256 | 787 | 66 | 1370 |
| 1989 | 259 | 757 | 72 | 1281 |
| 1988 | 253 | 740 | 90 | 1041 |
| 1987 | 280 | 666 | 76 | 1101 |
| 1986 | 281 | 656 | 81 | 1028 |
| 1985 | 349 | 564 | 91 | 956 |
| 1984 | 388 | 506 | 93 | 913 |
| 1983 | 401 | 490 | 91 | 924 |
| 1982 | 467 | 456 | 96 | 914 |
| 1981 | 536 | 410 | 108 | 846 |
| 1980 | 602 | 381 | 113 | 828 |
| 1979 | 779 | 308 | 115 | 812 |
| 1978 | 823 | 281 | 123 | 760 |
| 1977 | 1,083 | 230 | 131 | 745 |
| 1976 | 1,248 | 195 | 137 | 715 |
| 1975 | 1,481 | 178 | 164 | 630 |
| 1974 | 1,936 | 144 | 161 | 635 |
| 1973 | 2,195 | 129 | 183 | 586 |
| 1972 | 2,741 | 118 | 219 | 538 |
| 1971 | 3,682 | 101 | 267 | 494 |
| 1970 | 4,729 | 78 | 318 | 456 |
| 1969 | 5,450 | 66 | 361 | 417 |
| 1968 | 6,089 | 57 | 408 | 384 |
| 1967 | 7,408 | 49 | 457 | 349 |
| 1966 | 9,194 | 43 | 548 | 316 |
| 1965 | 10,083 | 43 | 611 | 306 |
| 1964 | 9,980 | 42 | 779 | 277 |
| 1963 | 10,683 | 39 | 848 | 264 |
| 1962 | 11,657 | 37 | 916 | 255 |
| 1961 | 11,367 | 36 | 1,102 | 240 |
| 1960 | 12,477 | 34 | 1,158 | 237 |
| 1959 | 11,594 | 35 | 1,105 | 241 |
| 1958 | 10,664 | 40 | 1,322 | 205 |
| 1957 | 11,426 | 35 | 1,974 | 162 |
| 1956 | 9,897 | 38 | 2,960 | 118 |
| 1955 | 5,687 | 75 | 3,490 | 98 |
| 1954 | 2,926 | 134 | 3,167 | 109 |
| 1953 | 1,739 | 182 | 2,565 | 127 |
| 1952 | 1,292 | 216 | 2,356 | 126 |
| 1951 | 570 | 331 | 1,474 | 172 |
| 1950 | 285 | 481 | 795 | 232 |
| 1949 | 254 | 513 | 636 | 255 |
| 1948 | 239 | 535 | 510 | 305 |
| 1947 | 255 | 520 | 534 | 298 |
| 1946 | 190 | 581 | 407 | 318 |
| 1945 | 77 | 856 | 188 | 434 |
| 1944 | 84 | 833 | 135 | 524 |
| 1943 | 59 | 1036 | 104 | 620 |
| 1942 | 58 | 1024 | 88 | 683 |
| 1941 | 38 | 1222 | 54 | 858 |
| 1940 | 31 | 1347 | 66 | 758 |
| 1939 | 33 | 1291 | 52 | 846 |
| 1938 | 34 | 1250 | 40 | 1009 |
| 1937 | 25 | 1493 | 58 | 807 |
| 1936 | 27 | 1413 | 50 | 861 |
| 1935 | 20 | 1720 | 24 | 1390 |
| 1934 | 16 | 2003 | 24 | 1386 |
| 1933 | 14 | 2161 | 23 | 1405 |
| 1932 | 14 | 2235 | 21 | 1548 |
| 1931 | 17 | 1941 | 11 | 2328 |
| 1930 | 9 | 3055 | 7 | 3289 |
| 1929 | 13 | 2437 | 8 | 2980 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 7 | 3357 |
| 1927 | 7 | 3875 | 9 | 2912 |
| 1926 | 9 | 3269 | 10 | 2725 |
| 1925 | 8 | 3664 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 9 | 3393 | 8 | 3260 |
| 1923 | 6 | 4376 | 7 | 3467 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 10 | 2801 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 7 | 3517 |
| 1920 | 5 | 4975 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 5 | 4179 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 5 | 3825 |
| 1914 | 5 | 3618 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 7 | 2273 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 5 | 2544 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 84% · boys 16% across all years