first name
KIM
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 246,384 people named Kim, 72.9% reported their origin as White, 10.7% as Black and 10.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 88.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kim peaked in 1960, when 13,635 babies got the name.
At least 214,768 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Kim by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #77. The largest share of babies named Kim, 65.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Kim is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kim has been most common in Wisconsin (2.2×), Montana (1.7×), and North Dakota (1.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.48×).
208,954 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Kim
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kim, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kim ranks #71 of 156,621, with 274,068 people. See Kim as a last name
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