Kym peaked in the US in 1959 at #1,079, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Kym as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Canada
2013
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#5,742 (3)
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2012
—
—
—
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#907 (3)
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2011
—
—
—
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#695 (5)
#2,156 (9)
2010
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#5,707 (3)
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#758 (4)
#2,878 (6)
2009
—
—
—
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#641 (5)
#2,599 (7)
2008
—
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—
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#862 (3)
#2,524 (7)
2007
—
—
—
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#624 (5)
#1,869 (10)
2006
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#5,061 (3)
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#384 (3)
#550 (5)
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2005
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#3,970 (4)
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#523 (5)
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2004
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#2,112 (9)
#480 (5)
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#340 (9)
#1,572 (11)
2003
#13,844 (6)
#1,722 (11)
#388 (7)
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#247 (14)
#1,597 (10)
2002
#15,432 (5)
#2,868 (5)
#373 (7)
#339 (3)
#289 (11)
#2,283 (6)
2001
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#1,238 (16)
#324 (9)
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#1,190 (15)
2000
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#3,247 (4)
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#1,282 (13)
1999
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#2,770 (5)
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#439 (4)
#1,455 (11)
Kym as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2001
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#2,220 (5)
1999
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#2,425 (4)
1998
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#1,642 (7)
1996
#9,015 (5)
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1993
#6,816 (7)
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1991
#6,519 (7)
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1990
#4,407 (12)
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1988
#5,751 (7)
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1984
#6,315 (5)
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1967
#3,966 (5)
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1964
#4,039 (5)
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1962
#4,033 (5)
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1961
#3,097 (8)
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1960
#1,812 (20)
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1959
#1,212 (41)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1959 at #1,079.
First recorded in the US in 1950.
In 1993, 59% of US babies named Kym were girls.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.