Fun Facts About the Name Kimora
- More than 9 thousand babies named Kimora: U.S. records list 9,868 babies given the name Kimora from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kimora Mean?
Kimora is a feminine given name used mainly in the United States and in other English-speaking countries. No meaning from an older language is securely attached to it, so what is usually explained is how the name is put together. The account found most often treats it as a combination of the short name Kim - itself a shortening of Kimberly - with the ending -ora, the same ending seen in Aurora, Cora, Flora, and Nora. Whether the name has any source outside that English combination is not established.
Kimberly comes from an English place name, most often identified as Kimberley in Nottinghamshire; that place name is usually explained as the Old English personal name Cyneburg (roughly "royal fortress") plus lēah, "wood" or "clearing," giving "Cyneburh's clearing." The ending -ora does not come from one root: Aurora is Latin for "dawn," Flora is Latin for "flower," and Cora is generally traced to Greek kore, "maiden." Kimora therefore follows a familiar sound pattern rather than inheriting the meaning of any one of those names, and it has no settled translation.
Kimora Name History & Origins
Kim and the -ora ending reached English names by different routes. Kimberly is an English surname taken from a place name, most often identified as Kimberley in Nottinghamshire, and it was also used as a feminine given name in the English-speaking world. Kim served for a long time as a short form of Kimberly and of Kimball, and in the 20th century it was widely used as a given name in its own right, for both girls and boys.
The ending -ora entered English names through borrowings from Latin and Greek (Aurora, Flora, Cora, Theodora, Eleanora) and through shortened forms such as Nora and Dora. Kimora belongs with the English feminine names that join a short, familiar first element to that ending.
The name is used as a feminine given name in the United States and in other English-speaking countries. Its best-known bearer is Kimora Lee Simmons (born 1975 in St. Louis), a fashion model, fashion designer, and television personality.
How Popular is the Name Kimora?
Kimora recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2008. Its best rank was #291 in 2008.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,157 | 201 | 0.0125% |
| 2024 | #1,054 | 236 | 0.0146% |
| 2023 | #915 | 290 | 0.0181% |
| 2022 | #1,045 | 245 | 0.0150% |
| 2021 | #911 | 295 | 0.0180% |
| 2020 | #962 | 265 | 0.0164% |
| 2019 | #880 | 306 | 0.0182% |
| 2018 | #1,003 | 260 | 0.0153% |
| 2017 | #966 | 273 | 0.0158% |
| 2016 | #1,057 | 247 | 0.0139% |
| 2015 | #958 | 283 | 0.0159% |
| 2014 | #879 | 312 | 0.0175% |
| 2013 | #792 | 345 | 0.0197% |
| 2012 | #753 | 370 | 0.0210% |
| 2011 | #608 | 474 | 0.0270% |
| 2010 | #498 | 602 | 0.0339% |
| 2009 | #409 | 777 | 0.0423% |
| 2008 | #291 | 1,145 | 0.0606% |
| 2007 | #363 | 899 | 0.0468% |
| 2006 | #424 | 747 | 0.0393% |
| 2005 | #592 | 481 | 0.0260% |
| 2004 | #805 | 312 | 0.0170% |
| 2003 | #1,237 | 170 | 0.0093% |
| 2002 | #1,834 | 98 | 0.0055% |
| 2001 | #3,228 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 2000 | #2,093 | 78 | 0.0043% |
| 1999 | #1,988 | 79 | 0.0045% |
| 1998 | #8,295 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #14,621 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #12,552 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #14,283 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #9,718 | 8 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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