Kimani
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- kih-MAH-nee
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Kimani is a name. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Kimani mean?
Kikuyu name from Kenya
A common Kikuyu name in Kenya; Kimani Maruge became the world's oldest primary-school starter, at 84.
Is Kimani a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kimani has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 35 girls and 31 boys in the US.
How popular is Kimani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kimani, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kimani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kimani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Kimani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Kimani, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,931st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 111 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977. 31 boys were also named Kimani in 2025 (3,582nd for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Kimani than any year since 2001.
Half of all the girls named Kimani in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1977, 19% of the babies named Kimani in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 53%, with more girls than boys since 2004.
Kimani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,975 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,929 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2019 | 54 | #3,002 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,386 |
| 2016 | 47 | #3,379 |
| 2015 | 47 | #3,389 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 87 | #2,160 |
| 2011 | 95 | #2,043 |
| 2010 | 96 | #2,059 |
| 2009 | 111 | #1,889 |
| 2008 | 111 | #1,903 |
| 2007 | 47 | #3,481 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,778 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 45 | #3,142 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 42 | #3,012 |
| 1997 | 38 | #3,102 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
Names like Kimani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kai Muhammad Ibrahim Bodhi Amari Omari Abdullah Mustafa Sami Ali Avi Koa
Names related to Kimani
Kymani Kimon Cimani Kemani Kaimani Kimoni Keymani Keimani Keimoni
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kimani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kimani, updated 20 October 2026.