as a First Name
Originally a short form of Kimberley, now established as an independent given name. The hero of Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim (1901) bore the name as a short form of Kimball (a surname used as a given name). In recent years, as a girl's name it has been borne by a number of well-known people, including the film stars Kim Novak (b. 1933) and Kim Basinger (b. 1953).
| 123rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 449,332
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Kim per capita
- 1960
- marked the height of its popularity
85%
15%
25%
55+
55+
73%
30-54
30-54
1%
13-29
13-29
0.39%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
