Kimo
Boy · KEE-moh · Hebrew
Kimo is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kimo mean?
Hebrew: Hawaiian form of James, from Jacob
“supplanter”
The Hawaiian form of James, which comes from the Hebrew Jacob.
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- KEE-moh
Is Kimo a girl's or a boy's name?
Kimo is a boys' name.
How popular is Kimo in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1981, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the boys named Kimo in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kimo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 24 | #2,162 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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