Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kimie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 401
- 0 boys · 401 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 543 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.
Kimie’s family of names
In English usage, Kimie was borrowed from the Japanese form きみえ. In Japanese usage, Kimie is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 公恵. In Japanese usage, Kimie is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 君枝.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 11
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 輝実技original script · Japanese
- 貴美江original script · Japanese
- 貴美枝original script · Japanese
- 貴美恵original script · Japanese
- 希望恵original script · Japanese
- 喜美枝original script · Japanese
- 君枝original script · Japanese
- 公恵original script · Japanese
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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