Girl
Kim
The name Kim carries the meaning "From the royal meadow", with roots in Old English. It was at its most popular in the 1960s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is widely recognized. The name's best year yet was 1960.
Old EnglishDiminutive of Kimberly
Old EnglishFrom the royal meadow
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
32
1920s
123
1930s
519
1940s
4,005
1950s
77,277
1960s
101,570
1970s
22,513
1980s
4,722
1990s
2,008
2000s
1,024
2010s
572
Peaked in the 1960s · 214,365 total U.S. births since 1900