Kima
Girl · KEE-mah · Hebrew
Kima is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “the Pleiades”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Kima mean?
Hebrew: from Hebrew Kimah
“the Pleiades”
Kimah is the Hebrew name for the Pleiades star cluster, mentioned in the books of Job and Amos.
- Say it
- KEE-mah
Is Kima a girl's or a boy's name?
Kima is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kima in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 340% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Kima, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kima than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Kima in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kima in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
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