Kym

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
Kym as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020
Kym as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2013—#5,742 (3)————
2012————#907 (3)—
2011————#695 (5)#2,156 (9)
2010—#5,707 (3)——#758 (4)#2,878 (6)
2009————#641 (5)#2,599 (7)
2008————#862 (3)#2,524 (7)
2007————#624 (5)#1,869 (10)
2006—#5,061 (3)—#384 (3)#550 (5)—
2005—#3,970 (4)——#523 (5)—
2004—#2,112 (9)#480 (5)—#340 (9)#1,572 (11)
2003#13,844 (6)#1,722 (11)#388 (7)—#247 (14)#1,597 (10)
2002#15,432 (5)#2,868 (5)#373 (7)#339 (3)#289 (11)#2,283 (6)
2001—#1,238 (16)#324 (9)——#1,190 (15)
2000—#3,247 (4)———#1,282 (13)
1999—#2,770 (5)——#439 (4)#1,455 (11)

Kym as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Kym as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0318801900192019401960198020002020
Kym as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.031880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2001—#2,220 (5)
1999—#2,425 (4)
1998—#1,642 (7)
1996#9,015 (5)—
1993#6,816 (7)—
1991#6,519 (7)—
1990#4,407 (12)—
1988#5,751 (7)—
1984#6,315 (5)—
1967#3,966 (5)—
1964#4,039 (5)—
1962#4,033 (5)—
1961#3,097 (8)—
1960#1,812 (20)—
1959#1,212 (41)—

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.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KymCanadaGirls—too few
KymEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KymEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KymIrelandGirls—too few
KymNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KymScotlandGirls—too few
KymUSGirls—too few
KymUSBoys—too few