Is Kimani a boy or girl name?

Kimani is a unisex name. Of the 3,457 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 49.1% were girls and 50.9% were boys. It changed hands in 2004, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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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

Births per year. The dot marks Kimani’s peak in 2008. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Kimani

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