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Kimon

Gender
Boy
Say it
KEE-mon
Origin
Greek

Kimon is a boys' name of Greek origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Kimon mean?

Greek: ancient Greek name, also spelled Cimon

Kimon, often written Cimon, was a 5th-century BC Athenian statesman and general.

Is Kimon a girl's or a boy's name?

Kimon is a boys' name.

How popular is Kimon in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1923.

Half of all the boys named Kimon in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1923Busiest: 11 in 20032024
Kimon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20246#10,930
20230–
20225#12,322
20210–
20206#10,599
20195#12,138
20180–
20175#12,241
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20117#9,593
20100–
20098#8,980
20087#9,864
20075#12,361
20067#9,579
20050–
20045#11,348
200311#6,251
20020–
20010–
20000–
19997#7,867
19985#9,623
19979#6,094
19960–
19950–
19940–
19937#6,809
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19880–
19875#6,945
19860–
19850–
19845#6,311
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19755#5,462
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19706#4,228
19690–
19680–
19670–
19666#3,535
19650–
19645#4,038
19630–
19620–
19616#3,650
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19555#3,884
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19240–
19235#4,236

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Sources

Figures from 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, “Kimon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kimon, updated 20 October 2026.