Kimora
Feminine
Kimora is an American name, put together in America, and unlike most names in this book it has no long road behind it — its whole record fits inside living memory. What it does have is shape: the familiar opening of Kim and the soft -ora ending that Nora, Aurora and Leonora already taught English speakers to hear. Three syllables, stress in the middle, and no one has to ask how to say it twice.
How old is the name Kimora?
Kimora first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Kimora alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 9,800 people named Kimora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kimora most popular?
Kimora peaked in 2008, reaching #291 nationally. Today it ranks #1150, 859 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Kimora
Kimora appears in the US record as a modern American coinage rather than an inherited name, with no documented ancestor in any older language. Its spread in the United States tracks the public career of Kimora Lee Simmons, the model and fashion designer whose name it is — she moved from the Paris runways to founding a clothing label and later a reality series, and the name's arrival and rise on American charts follow that arc closely. This makes Kimora unusual: rather than a meaning carried down from antiquity, it has a traceable point of entry into common use. The curve since then has eased gently back, as names attached to a single prominent figure often do once the peak of that visibility passes.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language or translation has been established for Kimora. What is documented is its form: it begins like Kim, the long-standing short form of Kimberly, and ends in the -ora that English shares with Nora, Aurora and Leonora. It also sits one letter away from the Japanese surname Kimura, though no line of descent between the two is recorded.
Pronouncing Kimora
kih-MOR-uh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. A KEE-mor-uh opening is also heard. Either way, the spelling gives the sound away on first sight, which is more than many newer names manage.
Nicknames for Kimora
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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
- 1990
- Most girls named
- 20081,145 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #291reached in 2008
- Change vs 2024
- −15.2%201 in 2025, from 237
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.
Kimora in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, New York, Texas.
Kimoras among us
people named Kimora are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 7,996 born in 2025 was named Kimora
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kimora
- #1150
- Kimora on the 2025 chart
- #728
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kimora went to 201 girls in 2025, but Kymora and Kimorah are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 234, which makes it the 728th most-given girls’ name of the year — 422 places above the chart.
- Kimora201
- Kymora24
- Kimorah9
About 1 girl in 6,869 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 7,996 for Kimora 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 Brandie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kimora's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Brandie climbed just as high around 1983, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Brandie's path sketches the road Kimora is walking now.
Kimora 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
Where Kimora is headed
Kimora should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kimora beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kimora in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Reads correctly at first glance for English speakers — no spelling-out required in most everyday situations.
- Built from pieces already familiar in English: the Kim opening and the -ora ending shared with Nora and Aurora.
- Comes with ready-made short forms, Kim and Kimmy, that need no explaining to anyone.
- Has a documented adult bearer in public life, so it is a name that has already been carried by a grown woman with a career.
- The name is closely tied in many people's minds to one public figure. For some listeners it will arrive already attached to her, and for others — particularly younger ones — that connection will mean nothing at all.
- No meaning has ever been established. If having an answer to "what does it mean" matters to you, this name will not supply one.
- Expect occasional slips to Kimara, Kimoria or Kimura, and the odd KEE-mor-uh where you meant kih-MOR-uh. Neither is a heavy burden, but the correction will come up.
- Its whole documented life is recent, so it does not carry the reassurance of a long record — though it does carry a clear one, which not every modern name can claim.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kimoras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 9,800 people named Kimora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kimora?
- Kimora is the most-used spelling in US records — 201 of the 234 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Kymora and Kimorah.
- How popular is the name Kimora in 2025?
- Kimora ranks #1150 among US girl names in 2025, with 201 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kimora?
- About 1 in every 7,996 US girls born in 2025 was named Kimora — 201 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kimora with classmates?
- Kimora will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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