Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kimya 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 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kimya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 757
- 0 boys · 757 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,451 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,451 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 38 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 609 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.
Kimya’s family of names
Kimya may belong to the same name family as KIMMYA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kimya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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