Kimiko
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Japanese
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Kimiko is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Kimiko mean?
Japanese
A female given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kimiko a girl's or a boy's name?
Kimiko is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kimiko in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Kimiko, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Kimiko in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
How popular is Kimiko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Kimiko, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 1981, with 80 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
2025 had fewer girls named Kimiko than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Kimiko in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kimiko in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,952 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,159 |
| 1988 | 35 | #2,926 |
| 1987 | 46 | #2,307 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 80 | #1,504 |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,486 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,460 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,243 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,109 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,765 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,283 |
| 1927 | 18 | #2,094 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,882 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,747 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,258 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,283 |
| 1922 | 33 | #1,403 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,048 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,889 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,604 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,600 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,298 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,882 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,896 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,620 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
Names like Kimiko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Kimiko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kimiko, updated 20 October 2026.