Kimmy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KIM-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Kimmy is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Kimmy mean?
English: pet form of Kimberly or Kim
Pet form of Kimberly or Kim; Kimberly comes from an English place name.
Is Kimmy a girl's or a boy's name?
Kimmy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kimmy in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 7 girls.
Kimmy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Kimmy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Kimmy, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1967, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the girls named Kimmy in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1956, 35% of the babies named Kimmy in the US were girls. By 1970 it was 88%, with more girls than boys since 1959.
Kimmy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,835 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 38 | #2,120 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,955 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,940 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,682 |
| 1966 | 38 | #1,859 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,715 |
| 1964 | 32 | #2,108 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,916 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,473 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,952 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,288 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,167 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
Names like Kimmy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Holly, Ivy, Lily, Molly, Poppy, Daisy, Melody, Darcie, Amber, Summer, Autumn, Marnie
Names related to Kimmy
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River
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, “Kimmy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kimmy, updated 20 October 2026.