Kym
Kym is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kym
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kym is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kym
As a girl name
American parents first put Kym on the record books as a girl name in 1950, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1959, when 98 Kyms were born — ranking #1,078 that year. About 47% of every Kym on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Kym last appeared in the published SSA data in 2003, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Kym on the record books as a boy name in 1953, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1959, when 41 Kyms were born — ranking #1,212 that year. About 50% of every Kym on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Kym last appeared in the published SSA data in 1996, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 173 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Kym
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kym. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Kym
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About the name Kym
Kym is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1950 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Kym's peak popularity came in 1959 when it ranked #1,078. Use the chart and map above to compare Kym'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.