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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: steady

KimIn Hebrew: קים · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Kim (Hebrew: קים) is a girl's name of international origin. 1,800 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 21 girls and ranked #471. Its peak year was 2017, with 72 babies.

People in Israel
1,800
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
21
rank #471
Peak year
2017
72 babies
USA, 2025
34
rank #4,172

Writing and saying Kim

In Hebrew letters the name is קים, read right to left. Kim is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Kim by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Kim: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Kim in English-speaking countries

Kim in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202534#4,1721960 (12,477)
United Kingdom20257#3,4091997 (92)
England and Wales20257#3,3321996 (87)
Alberta20251#2,5381980 (16)
Quebec20255#7731991 (386)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Kim has every year and the other spellings.

Questions about Kim

How do you write Kim in Hebrew?

Kim is written קים in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Kim?

1,800 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name קים: 1,577 women and 223 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Kim a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 87.6% of the people named קים are women.

Is Kim used outside Israel?

The name Kim appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 34 girls were given it in 2025 (#4,172), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 7 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.