Is Kimi a boy or girl name?

Kimi is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 2,118 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 85.9% were girls and 14.1% were boys. It changed hands in 2021, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Kimi

Recorded 1915–2025 · United States

Kimi was most popular in 2014, when 79 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,121 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,565, with 32 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,118 people named Kimi.

Kimi over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kimi’s peak in 2014. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kimi a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kimi is mostly a girl’s name — 85.9% of the 2,118 Americans given it were girls and 14.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 2021 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 44% girls and 56% 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 Kimi

Where Kimi 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