Kimaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ki-MAA-ya
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,831 for girls
Kimaya is a girls' name, meaning “miracle, magic”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).
What does Kimaya mean?
Indian name from Marathi kimaya, ultimately from Persian kimiya, alchemy
“miracle, magic”
Taken from a Marathi word for a miracle or wondrous transformation, related to the Persian word for alchemy.
Is Kimaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kimaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 38 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kimaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,779th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 167% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Kimaya, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Kimaya of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Kimaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Kimaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
How popular is Kimaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,831st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38 about 1 in 42,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Kimaya, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 68 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Kimaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kimaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,638 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 45 | #3,463 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,804 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 47 | #3,408 |
| 2009 | 68 | #2,671 |
| 2008 | 64 | #2,802 |
| 2007 | 59 | #2,992 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
Names like Kimaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Khadija, Amaya, Aaliyah, Amira, Raya, Zainab, Hafsa, Anaya, Inaya, Ayah, Alaya
Names related to Kimaya
Kamiyah, Kimia, Kamiya, Kimiya, Kimmy, Kamya, Kamia, Kima, Khamiyah, Kimya
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, “Kimaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kimaya, updated 20 October 2026.