Names/K

Kimani

boys’ name · 51%girls’ name · 49%ComebackCompare

Kimani is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 32 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
320.00% of boys
Peak year
199869 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1969
3,390people given the name
Babies named Kimani, by year of birthboysgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,726 boys have been named Kimani in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 69 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 1990s alone account for 30%.

Kimani is used for both sexes: 49% of its bearers are girls (1,664), most of them born around 2008.

By decade

Decadeboys named Kimani
1960s5
1970s250
1980s81
1990s515
2000s404
2010s336
2020s135

In 1998, its biggest year

Kimani was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1998 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 1998.

Names that rose and fell with Kimani

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.