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How popular is the name Kim?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kims are alive today.
Kim (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 7 in 2025, ranked 3333rd. The name peaked in 1964, when around 850 babies were given the name, the 56th most popular that year. It has declined since 1964; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 11,000 babies have been named Kim in England and Wales since 1964. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Kim is also a common short form of Kimberley, so many people called Kim are registered under the longer name.
The Kim you are most likely to meet is around 62 years old. Half of all Kims born in England and Wales are between 46 and 64, and there are at least 17,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 5.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Kim.
How many babies are named Kim each year?
Where does Kim rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Kim most popular?
Kim peaked in 1964, when around 850 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Kim?
At least 17,000 people named Kim born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kim?
Most living Kims are between 46 and 64; the most common age is about 62.
Is Kim becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1964 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.