Kimani
Recorded 1969–2025 · United States
Kimani was most popular in 2008, when 151 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,686 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,625, with 66 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,457 people named Kimani.
Kimani over time
How old is the name Kimani?
Kimani first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1969, which makes it about 56 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 55 of the 57 years since.
How many people are named Kimani?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,457 American births named Kimani between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,386 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Kimani in 2025?
66 American babies were named Kimani in 2025, ranking #4,625 that year.
Is Kimani getting more or less popular?
Kimani is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 76 births a year, against 93 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -18% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Kimani a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Kimani is a unisex name — 49.1% of the 3,457 Americans given it were girls and 50.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2004 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 62% girls and 38% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Kimani?
Roughly 3,386 Americans named Kimani are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 19 years old, and half are between 11 and 28.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Kimani is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org