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.

Kimani**

#2,230 most common boys' name of all time · #5,370 across all names · 51% male / 49% female · used 1969–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#2,230
Rank overall
#5,370 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
3,457
Since 2016
787
Peak year
2008 #2,970
Best rank
#1,390 1972
Girls Boys peak 151/yr
198020002020

Kimani first appears in 1969. 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 35 31 66 #3,612
2024 46 32 78 #3,558
2023 56 17 73 #5,518
2022 45 32 77 #3,564
2021 57 28 85 #3,855
2020 55 26 81 #3,952
2019 54 43 97 #2,876
2018 45 32 77 #3,480
2017 46 29 75 #3,713
2016 47 31 78 #3,546
2015 47 20 67 #4,779
2014 38 28 66 #3,735
2013 42 32 74 #3,371
2012 87 40 127 #2,928
2011 95 35 130 #3,198
2010 96 47 143 #2,601
2009 111 36 147 #3,192
2008 111 40 151 #2,970
2007 47 41 88 #2,895
2006 63 38 101 #2,950
2005 51 39 90 #2,772
2004 45 32 77 #3,110
2003 37 40 77 #2,563
2002 45 45 90 #2,313
2001 35 54 89 #2,000
2000 31 39 70 #2,453
1999 39 55 94 #1,814
1998 42 69 111 #1,552
1997 38 55 93 #1,766
1996 30 58 88 #1,666
1995 23 67 90 #1,466
1994 25 63 88 #1,508
1993 9 51 60 #1,714
1992 9 48 57 #1,768
1991 10 29 39 #2,447
1990 — 20 20 #3,129
1989 — 9 9 #5,378
1987 — 8 8 #5,240
1985 — 8 8 #4,966
1984 — 9 9 #4,427
1983 — 10 10 #4,036
1982 — 8 8 #4,860
1981 — 13 13 #3,352
1980 — 16 16 #2,938
1979 — 20 20 #2,443
1978 — 23 23 #2,122
1977 7 29 36 #1,821
1976 — 21 21 #2,235
1975 — 32 32 #1,628
1974 — 27 27 #1,787
1973 — 28 28 #1,694
1972 — 38 38 #1,390
1971 — 25 25 #1,822
1970 — 7 7 #4,192
1969 — 5 5 #4,996