How Many People Are Named Kym?
people named Kym are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 266,602 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,470 babies named Kym in Social Security records from 1950 to 2003, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
138 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of KIM (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kym, 89.3% were girls and 10.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Kym rose from 80.4% in the 1950s to 100% in the 1970s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kym alive today is about 58 years old, and 56% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kym first appears in the records in 1950 and was given most often in 1959, to 138 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2003.
Babies given the name each year, 1950 to 2003
🏆 Rank History
Kym has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,083, in 1959. Among boys, its best rank was #1,219, in 1959.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,083 (1959) | #1,219 (1959) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,452 in the 1960s | #2,799 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kym alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kym were born in California than in any other state: about 155 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kym was given 5.9 times as often in California and 2.4 times in New York.
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