Kima comes from the EastAsian tradition, meaning "Kima" means "golden" or "precious.".
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How popular is Kima?
2021peak year
Today, Kima is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #6875), with only about 18 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2021, 23 babies were given the name (ranked #5481 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2020s. Kima's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 369 babies have been registered as Kima since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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