Kym

Boy · recorded 1953–1996

  • 1996last recorded
  • 1959best year

Most popular in 1959.

Last recorded in 1996. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Kym.

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Its story

Popularity since 1953

0101919531964197519851996

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 17 recorded years as a table
Kym, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19534
19545
19556
19563
19574
195919
19609
19614
19622
19643
19673
19843
19884
19906
19913
19934
19963

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kym isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1996
5
Rank in 1996
#9,015
How rare
1 in 378,860 boys
Since 1953
173

Kym was last recorded in 1996. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1959, at 19 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Kym doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.