Is Kym a boy or girl name?

Kym is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 1,470 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 88.2% were girls and 11.8% were boys.

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Kym

Recorded 1950–2003 · United States

Kym was most popular in 1959, when 138 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,499 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,470 people named Kym.

Kym over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kym’s peak in 1959. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kym a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kym is mostly a girl’s name — 88.2% of the 1,470 Americans given it were girls and 11.8% were 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 Kym

Where Kym 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