Kimmy
A diminutive form of Kimberly, meaning "from the royal meadow".
Name Census estimates that about 1,194 living Americans carry the first name Kimmy. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 79.6% of registrations being female. The average person named Kimmy today is around 48 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Kimmy births was 1962 (55 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Kimmy. 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.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Kimmy with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
1.2K
~ 1 in 287,064 Americans
Peak year
1962
55 babies that year
Average age
48
years old
1987 SSA rank
#5,807
Tracked since 1951
Census
Kimmy in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 2,034 people with the first name Kimmy, which placed it at #7,491 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#7,491
National first-name rank
People counted
2.0K
2,034 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.7
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
48.4% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Kimmy
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Kimmy is White at 48.4%. The next largest groups are Asian/Pacific Islander (29.4%) and Black (10.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Kimmy described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Kimmy at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White48.4% · 984
- Asian and Pacific Islander29.4% · 597
- Black or African American10.8% · 220
- Hispanic or Latino6.1% · 125
- Two or more races3.7% · 75
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.6% · 33
Gender
Gender distribution for Kimmy
Kimmy is one of the more evenly split names in the SSA data. Of the 1,361 total registrations, 277 (20.4%) were male and 1,084 (79.6%) were female.
Kimmy as a male name
- Ranked #5,807 in 1987
- 7 male births in 1987
- Peak: 1959 (22 births)
Kimmy as a female name
- Ranked #12,822 in 2023
- 7 female births in 2023
- Peak: 1967 (46 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Kimmy leans strongly female. 1,791 people counted with this name were female (88.0%), compared with 245 male bearers (12.0%).
Popularity
Kimmy: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Kimmy 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 497 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
Kimmy 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 Kimmy during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Kimmys live
The SSA's state-level files cover 7 states and territories. California, Pennsylvania, Florida recorded the most babies named Kimmy, while Michigan, Indiana, Illinois recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 12 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Kimmy
The name Kimmy is a diminutive form of the name Kimberly, which has its origins in the Old English words "cyn" meaning "royal" and "burgh" meaning "fortress" or "town." It is believed to have first emerged as a given name in the 9th or 10th century in parts of England and Scotland.
One of the earliest recorded uses of the name Kimmy can be found in the 12th-century Domesday Book, a manuscript record of a survey of England commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. The name appears in various spellings, such as "Kimberly" and "Kymberlee."
In the Middle Ages, the name gained popularity among the nobility and upper classes, likely due to its association with royalty and fortified settlements. It was a name that conveyed a sense of strength and prestige.
The name Kimmy has also been linked to religious figures throughout history. One notable example is Saint Kimberly, a 7th-century Benedictine nun who founded a convent in what is now modern-day France. She is celebrated in the Catholic Church for her piety and charitable works.
Among the earliest recorded individuals with the name Kimmy was Kimmy of Monmouth, a 12th-century Welsh princess and daughter of Ifor Bach, Lord of Senghenydd. Another notable figure was Kimmy de Vere, a 13th-century English noblewoman and the wife of Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford.
In the 16th century, Kimmy Kempe, an English writer and narrator, gained fame for her autobiographical work "The Book of Margery Kempe," which is considered one of the earliest autobiographies in the English language. She was born around 1373 and died sometime after 1438.
During the 17th century, Kimmy Sidney, an English poet and writer, made a significant contribution to the literary world with her works, including "The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia" and "A Defence of Poesy." She lived from 1554 to 1623.
In more recent times, Kimmy Basinger, an American actress and former fashion model, has carried the name. Born in 1953, she is known for her roles in films such as "9 1/2 Weeks," "Batman," and "L.A. Confidential," for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
People
Kimmy + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Kimmy 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
Kimmy: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kimmy?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,194 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Kimmy 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 287,064 US residents.
Is Kimmy a common name?
We classify Kimmy 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, 1,361 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Kimmy most popular?
The single biggest year for Kimmy was 1962, when 55 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Kimmy is about 48 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Kimmy in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 2,034 people with the name Kimmy, or 0.67 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #7,491 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Kimmy in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Kimmy?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Kimmy leans strongly female. 1,791 people counted with this name were female (88.0%), compared with 245 male bearers (12.0%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Kimmy?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Kimmy is White at 48.4%. The next largest groups are Asian/Pacific Islander (29.4%) and Black (10.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Kimmy most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Kimmy in the 2020 Census, accounting for 48.4% (984 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Kimmy in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Kimmy a female name?
Yes, 79.6% of people registered as Kimmy 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.
Is Kimmy still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Kimmy in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Kimmy can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
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.
How many people are named Kimmy?
Find out how many Americans are named Kimmy on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — a quick modern estimate with the living-bearer count front and centre.