Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kimia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kimia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 590
- 0 boys · 590 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #6,990 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +28%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,990 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 27.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 843 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kimia’s family of names
Kimia may belong to the same name family as KIMMIA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kimia
- Kimia AlizadehIranian taekwondo athleteborn 1998
- Kamia YousufiAfghan sprinterborn 1996
- Kimia YazdianIranian basketball player (born 1996)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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