Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kim*

#191 most common girls' name of all time · #369 across all names · 16% male / 84% female · used 1912–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#191
Rank overall
#369 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
111 of 146
All-time
214,768
Since 2016
494
Peak year
1960 #34
Best rank
#34 1960
Girls Boys peak 13,635/yr
192019401960198020002020

Kim first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 34 6 40 #4,188
2024 28 13 41 #4,794
2023 38 9 47 #3,929
2022 40 10 50 #3,777
2021 39 8 47 #3,817
2020 39 10 49 #3,741
2019 54 10 64 #3,008
2018 36 5 41 #4,015
2017 47 8 55 #3,353
2016 53 7 60 #3,110
2015 72 11 83 #2,505
2014 69 19 88 #2,569
2013 62 8 70 #2,775
2012 92 9 101 #2,082
2011 50 7 57 #3,272
2010 52 9 61 #3,167
2009 48 17 65 #3,418
2008 64 7 71 #2,805
2007 104 10 114 #1,975
2006 85 10 95 #2,254
2005 73 13 86 #2,414
2004 91 18 109 #2,022
2003 83 17 100 #2,110
2002 111 14 125 #1,659
2001 100 26 126 #1,781
2000 116 18 134 #1,545
1999 133 29 162 #1,337
1998 102 24 126 #1,600
1997 110 20 130 #1,491
1996 129 47 176 #1,320
1995 135 31 166 #1,255
1994 161 46 207 #1,117
1993 185 39 224 #1,001
1992 182 45 227 #1,027
1991 207 60 267 #930
1990 256 66 322 #787
1989 259 72 331 #758
1988 253 90 343 #743
1987 280 76 356 #666
1986 281 81 362 #659
1985 349 91 440 #564
1984 388 93 481 #506
1983 401 91 492 #491
1982 467 96 563 #457
1981 536 108 644 #410
1980 602 113 715 #382
1979 779 115 894 #308
1978 823 123 946 #281
1977 1,083 131 1,214 #230
1976 1,248 137 1,385 #195
1975 1,481 164 1,645 #178
1974 1,936 161 2,097 #145
1973 2,195 183 2,378 #129
1972 2,741 219 2,960 #118
1971 3,682 267 3,949 #101
1970 4,729 318 5,047 #78
1969 5,450 361 5,811 #66
1968 6,089 408 6,497 #57
1967 7,408 457 7,865 #49
1966 9,194 548 9,742 #43
1965 10,083 611 10,694 #43
1964 9,980 779 10,759 #42
1963 10,683 848 11,531 #39
1962 11,657 916 12,573 #37
1961 11,367 1,102 12,469 #36
1960 12,477 1,158 13,635 #34
1959 11,594 1,105 12,699 #35
1958 10,664 1,322 11,986 #40
1957 11,426 1,974 13,400 #35
1956 9,897 2,960 12,857 #38
1955 5,687 3,490 9,177 #75
1954 2,926 3,167 6,093 #134
1953 1,739 2,565 4,304 #182
1952 1,292 2,356 3,648 #216
1951 570 1,474 2,044 #331
1950 285 795 1,080 #481
1949 254 636 890 #513
1948 239 510 749 #536
1947 255 534 789 #522
1946 190 407 597 #582
1945 77 188 265 #862
1944 84 135 219 #834
1943 59 104 163 #1,042
1942 58 88 146 #1,031
1941 38 54 92 #1,235
1940 31 66 97 #1,371
1939 33 52 85 #1,303
1938 34 40 74 #1,261
1937 25 58 83 #1,529
1936 27 50 77 #1,439
1935 20 24 44 #1,769
1934 16 24 40 #2,066
1933 14 23 37 #2,248
1932 14 21 35 #2,339
1931 17 11 28 #1,998
1930 9 7 16 #3,234
1929 13 8 21 #2,559
1928 7 7
1927 7 9 16 #4,078
1926 9 10 19 #3,446
1925 8 8 #3,882
1924 9 8 17 #3,557
1923 6 7 13 #4,623
1922 10 10
1921 7 7
1920 5 5 #5,267
1918 5 5
1915 5 5
1914 5 5 #3,947
1913 7 7
1912 5 5