Kimana
Kimana is small town in Kajiado South Constituency, Kenya. Kimana is located in the Loitokitok District with Tanzania to the west, the Kajiado District to the north, Kibwezi District to the East and Taveta District to the south. Agriculture is difficult due to the semi-arid climate.
Meaning & Origin of Kimana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kimana is small town in Kajiado South Constituency, Kenya. Kimana is located in the Loitokitok District with Tanzania to the west, the Kajiado District to the north, Kibwezi District to the East and Taveta District to the south. Agriculture is difficult due to the semi-arid climate.
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The Story of Kimana
American parents first put Kimana on the record books as a baby girl name in 1996, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 7 Kimanas were born — ranking #13,009 that year. About 46% of every Kimana on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Kimana last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 50 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kimana
Kimana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 50 births in the dataset. Kimana's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #13,009. Use the chart and map above to compare Kimana's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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