Kymora
Feminine
Kymora is a made American name of the 2000s, and the interesting thing about it is how carefully it is put together: a Ky- opening that was everywhere in those years, a liquid middle, and an -ora ending borrowed from Aurora, Nora and Zamora. Nothing in it is inherited and everything in it is familiar.
How old is the name Kymora?
Kymora first appears in US birth records in 1999 — 26 years ago. The typical Kymora alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 900 people named Kymora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kymora most popular?
Kymora peaked in 2008, reaching #2441 nationally. Today it ranks #5238, 2,797 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kymora
Look at what a name of this kind has to get right. The opening has to be a sound already in circulation, or the name reads as a typing error. The middle has to be a liquid or a nasal, because those carry a syllable boundary without a hard stop. The ending has to be an established feminine suffix, or the name does not read as a girl's name at all. Kymora satisfies all three, and it does it with three syllables and stress on the second, which is the commonest shape in American girls' names of the last thirty years. That is why it works — not because of what it means, which is nothing, but because of what it is built from, which is everything. Its peak in 2008 sits in the middle of the Ky- decade.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source establishes an etymology. The Ky- opening is an American spelling of the sound in Kyle and Kylie, productive across Kymani, Kyra, Kylah and Kyleigh. The -ora ending belongs to a family that includes Aurora, Nora, Leonora and Zamora, none of which shares a root with the others. Kymora is not recorded in any language's name stock before its American appearance.
Pronouncing Kymora
ky-MOR-uh
Three syllables, stress on the second, the first rhyming with sky. Some families say KY-mor-uh with the weight at the front, and the spelling does not decide.
Nicknames for Kymora
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
- 1999
- Most girls named
- 200878 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2441reached in 2008
- Change vs 2024
- +14.3%24 in 2025, from 21
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.
Kymora in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, North Carolina, Texas.
Kymoras among us
people named Kymora are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 66,969 born in 2025 was named Kymora
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kymora
- #5238
- Kymora on the 2025 chart
- #728
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kymora went to 24 girls in 2025, but Kimora 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 — 4,510 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 66,969 for Kymora 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 Beatris test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kymora's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Beatris climbed just as high around 1980, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Beatris's path sketches the road Kymora is walking now.
Kymora 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
Kymora beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kymora in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ky and Mora both work as short forms with lives of their own.
- The vowels are open and there is no consonant cluster anywhere.
- It sounds established because every piece of it already was.
- There is no meaning behind it to give a child.
- Kymora, Kimora and Kymorah are all in the records and will be confused.
- It is closely dated to the 2000s.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kymoras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Kymora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kymora?
- Kymora is one of 3 recorded spellings. Kimora is the more common one — 201 births in 2025 against 24 for Kymora.
- How popular is the name Kymora in 2025?
- Kymora ranks #5238 among US girl names in 2025, with 24 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kymora?
- About 1 in every 66,969 US girls born in 2025 was named Kymora — 24 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kymora with classmates?
- Kymora will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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