Kimari
Feminine
Kimari is given to both — 546 girls and 398 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Kimberly comes from a diamond rush. The South African town was named in 1873 after the Earl of Kimberley, the Colonial Secretary, because the mining camp needed a name an official could write down — and it sat on the richest diamond deposit ever found.
How old is the name Kimari?
Kimari first appears in US birth records in 1979 — 46 years ago. The typical Kimari alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 500 people named Kimari are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kimari most popular?
Kimari peaked in 2008, reaching #3529 nationally. Today it ranks #7491, 3,962 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Kimberley to Kimari
Our story of Kimari
The route from an English village to an American girls' name runs through a hole in the ground. Diamonds were found near the Vaal in 1869 and the rush that followed produced the Big Hole, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world. The camp was named Kimberley in 1873 after the Colonial Secretary, reportedly because officials could not spell or pronounce the Boer name it had. The Second Boer War made the town's name familiar in Britain and America through the siege of 1899. Kim, meanwhile, arrived separately: Kipling's novel of 1901 gave the short form to a boy, and a 1950s film actress made it a woman's name. By the 1960s Kimberly was in the American top ten, and the stem Kim- was available for extension. Kimari peaks in 2008.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No documented source for Kimari itself. It is most likely built on Kim- with the -ari ending, both productive in modern American naming. Kimberly, the likeliest stem, is from the South African town, named for John Wodehouse, first Earl of Kimberley, whose title comes from an English place name meaning Cyneburg's clearing. None of that transfers to Kimari, which has no established reading.
How the name formed
- Kimberley
- Kim
- Kimari
Related forms: Kimarie · Kimora
Pronouncing Kimari
kih-MAR-ee
Three syllables, stress on the second. Some families say KIM-uh-ree with front stress; both are in use, and the spelling does not settle it.
Nicknames for Kimari
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1979
- Most girls named
- 200846 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3529reached in 2008
- Change vs 2024
- +40.0%14 in 2025, from 10
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kimari in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kimarie in English — spelling variant
- Kimora in English — related form
Kimaris among us
people named Kimari are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 114,805 born in 2025 was named Kimari
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kimari
- #7491
- Kimari on the 2025 chart
- #941
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kimari went to 14 girls in 2025, but Kymari is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 19, which makes it the 941st most-given girls’ name of the year — 6,550 places above the chart.
- Kimari14
- Kymari5
About 1 girl in 84,593 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 114,805 for Kimari itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jonica test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kimari's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jonica climbed just as high around 1982, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jonica's path sketches the road Kimari is walking now.
Kimari sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Kimari beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kimari in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Kim and Mari are ready short forms that stand alone.
- It is read correctly on sight with nothing silent.
- It is soft, three syllables and easy to say.
- The stress placement varies between families.
- Kimarie and Kimoree compete for a similar sound.
- There is no meaning to give behind the name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kimaris are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Kimari are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kimari?
- Kimari is the most-used spelling in US records — 14 of the 19 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Kymari.
- How popular is the name Kimari in 2025?
- Kimari ranks #7491 among US girl names in 2025, with 14 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kimari?
- About 1 in every 114,805 US girls born in 2025 was named Kimari — 14 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kimari with classmates?
- Kimari will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kimari
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