Kimmie
A feminine diminutive of Kimberly, derived from the English surname meaning "from the royal meadow".
Name Census estimates that about 1,188 living Americans carry the first name Kimmie. It is a predominantly female name (90.6% of registrations). The average person named Kimmie today is around 53 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Kimmie births was 1963 (67 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Kimmie. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
1.2K
~ 1 in 288,514 Americans
Peak year
1963
67 babies that year
Average age
53
years old
1974 SSA rank
#5,637
Tracked since 1952
Gender
Gender distribution for Kimmie
Kimmie leans heavily female at 90.6% of total registrations, but 131 boys have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Kimmie as a male name
- Ranked #5,637 in 1974
- 5 male births in 1974
- Peak: 1954 (18 births)
Kimmie as a female name
- Ranked #14,368 in 2024
- 6 female births in 2024
- Peak: 1963 (59 births)
Popularity
Kimmie: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Kimmie from the 1950s through to the 2020s, spanning 8 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1960s, with 545 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1960s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Kimmie by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Kimmie during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Kimmies live
The SSA's state-level files cover 9 states and territories. California, Texas, Illinois recorded the most babies named Kimmie, while New York, Michigan, Florida recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 21 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Kimmie
The name Kimmie is a diminutive form of the name Kimberley or Kimberly. This name has its origins in the Old English language, derived from the combination of two words: "cyn" meaning royal or kin, and "beorg" meaning hill or promontory. The name essentially translates to "from the royal meadow" or "from the royal fortress."
In its earliest recorded usage, the name Kimberly appeared as a surname in the Domesday Book of 1086, a manuscript that recorded landowners in England after the Norman Conquest. The name was primarily associated with localities in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, where it likely originated as a place name before becoming a personal name.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Kimberly was Kimberley of Beverley, a 12th-century English nobleman and landowner who is mentioned in historical records from that time. Another notable figure was Sir John Kimberly, a 14th-century English knight who fought in the Hundred Years' War between England and France.
In the 16th century, the name gained popularity as a given name, particularly among Puritans who favored names with biblical or virtuous meanings. One of the most famous individuals with the name Kimmie was Kimberly Kittridge, an English Puritan settler who arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635 and became a prominent figure in the early colonial period.
Another historical figure with the name Kimmie was Kimberly Wilkins, an 18th-century English writer and poet who published several works of poetry and prose. In the 19th century, Kimberly Ann Hawkins was a notable American abolitionist and women's rights activist who worked alongside prominent leaders like Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony.
As the name Kimberly gained popularity, it also saw variations in spelling and diminutive forms like Kimmie. One of the earliest recorded individuals with the diminutive form was Kimmie Jane Wilcox, an American artist and painter who lived in the late 19th century and was known for her landscape paintings of the American West.
People
Kimmie + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Kimmie as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with K
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Kimmie: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kimmie?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,188 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Kimmie going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 288,514 US residents.
Is Kimmie a common name?
We classify Kimmie as "Rare". It ranks above 91.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,394 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Kimmie most popular?
The single biggest year for Kimmie was 1963, when 67 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Kimmie is about 53 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Kimmie a female name?
Yes, 90.6% of people registered as Kimmie in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.