Kym
Last seen for girls in 2003 at #13,844 · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015
Given to girls 88.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 97 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,297since 1950
Kym over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
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| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
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| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | — | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,903 | 23 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,267 | 34 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,755 | 48 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,473 | 59 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,524 | 54 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #1,262 | 73 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,463 | 57 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,433 | 62 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #1,340 | 68 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,525 | 54 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #1,465 | 58 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #1,236 | 78 | #1,812 | 20 |
| 1959 | #1,079 | 97 | #1,212 | 41 |
| 1958 | #1,299 | 66 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,507 | 50 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #1,398 | 56 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #1,667 | 38 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 | — | |
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kym! It came in at #5,301, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1950–1951, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Kym
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1959 at #1,079 (97 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 20,860 girls born in 1959 were named Kym (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 304,524 girls born in 2003 (0.00%)
- 47.1% of all girls named Kym (611) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1996, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 358 | #1,079 (1959) | #2,297 |
| 1960s | 611 | #1,236 (1960) | #1,448 |
| 1970s | 193 | #2,267 (1970) | #3,876 |
| 1980s | 82 | #6,371 (1982) | #7,784 |
| 1990s | 42 | #8,052 (1993) | #11,055 |
| 2000s | 11 | #13,844 (2003) | #14,638 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kym in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 342,611 of them was named Kym, which outranked 13.2% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 808 names at #5,301; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.