Kimya
Girl · KEEM-yah · Swahili
Kimya is a girls' name of Swahili origin, meaning “silence, quiet”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Kimya mean?
Swahili: Swahili word; also echoes Persian Kimia 'alchemy'
“silence, quiet”
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- KEEM-yah
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Is Kimya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kimya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kimya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Kimya, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1974, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Kimya in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kimya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 26 | #2,864 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,133 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,689 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
Nicknames for Kimya
- Kim 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kimya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anya Kira Sasha Maya Aisha Hana Dakota Rivka Yara Kori Kavya Arya
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