Given name
Kimiko
“a noble child; without equal”
Kimiko is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “a noble child; without equal.”
Original Japanese木実子
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “a noble child; without equal.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kimiko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,843
- 0 boys · 1,843 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 80 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #6,991 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +52%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,991 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 52.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 80 in 1981. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,022 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.
Kimiko’s family of names
In English usage, Kimiko was borrowed from the Japanese form きみこ. In Japanese usage, Kimiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of き実子. In Japanese usage, Kimiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 㐂実子.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 30
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 木実子original script · Japanese
- 樹実子original script · Japanese
- 祈実子original script · Japanese
- 紀実子original script · Japanese
- 紀美子original script · Japanese
- 記実子original script · Japanese
- 貴実子original script · Japanese
- 貴美子original script · Japanese
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- 起実子original script · Japanese
- 輝実子original script · Japanese
- 黄実子original script · Japanese
- 希実子original script · Japanese
- 己実子original script · Japanese
- 季実子original script · Japanese
- 喜美子original script · Japanese
- 喜実子original script · Japanese
- 君実子original script · Japanese
- 吉実子original script · Japanese
- 伎実子original script · Japanese
- 企実子original script · Japanese
- 亀実子original script · Japanese
- 妃実子original script · Japanese
- 㐂美子original script · Japanese
- 㐂実子original script · Japanese
- き実子original script · Japanese
- 君子original script · Japanese
- 公子original script · Japanese
- Kymikolikely spelling
- Kimykolikely spelling
- Kimicolikely spelling
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kimiko
- Kimiko DateJapanese tennis player (1970-)
- Kimiko GlennAmerican actressborn 1989
- Kimiko HirataJapanese climate activistborn 1970
- Kimiko YoJapanese actressborn 1956
- Kimiko GelmanAmerican actressborn 1966
- Kimiko NishimotoJapanese photographer and Internet celebrity1928–2025
- Kimiko RaheemSri Lankan swimmerborn 1999
- Kimiko IshizakaGerman-Japanese pianist, Olympic weightlifter and former powerlifterborn 1976
- Kimiko Jinnaibadminton playerborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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