Kim has been given to about 214,768 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1960, which makes it a boomer-era name.
Its best year was 1960, when 13,635 babies were given the name, ranking 34th. The typical living American called Kim is about 64 years old today. It is relatively most common in New York, where it accounts for 0.00% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.