Kim Kardashian and Kanye West welcomed two girls and two boys together
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West first started dating in 2011 after years of friendship. They quickly became a power couple, and over the course of their 10-year relationship, West and Kardashian welcomed four 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren together: North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm.
Though Kardashian and West may no longer be together, it’s clear that they continue to take their roles as co-parents very seriously. “Make sure you are your co-parent’s biggest cheerleader, no matter what you’re personally going through,” Kardashian told Vogue in February 2022
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Kardashian and West’s divorce was finalized on Nov. 29, 2022, with the parents agreeing to joint physical and legal custody of their four 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren.
“Although Kim and Kanye share custody [of the kids], Kim is the primary caregiver,” a source told PEOPLE. “They agreed that Kanye needs to speak to Kim in private about any complaints and not go public with them. She wants the kids to be protected. Kim hopes the co-parenting will be a bit easier from now on.”
In a June 2023 episode of The Kardashians, the SKIMS founder talked to her mom, Kris Jenner, about not wanting more kids. “I think I’m done,” Kardashian remarked, adding that four kids is “a lot.”
From welcoming their 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren to their sweet family moments, here’s everything to know about Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s kids.
North West, 11
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North West, Kardashian and West’s first 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, was 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 on June 15, 2013, in Los Angeles. According to grandmother Kris Jenner, her unusual name has a “sweet” significance. “The way [Kim] explained it to me was that North means highest power and she says that North is their highest point together,” she explained on The View.
North is well-known for her outspoken personality, something her parents have encouraged from day one. “I want to learn what my daughter has to say. What she learns. I just want to learn how she learns in this world,” Kanye said in 2016. “I’m extremely protective.”
And North doesn’t hold back her opinions — even when she’s her mom’s plus-one to Paris Fashion Week. In July 2022, she held up a handwritten “Stop” sign aimed at photographers who were snapping her photo during the show. “North I guess had it with the people taking pictures of her so she wrote on her invite STOP and held it up and wanted them to just focus on the show,” Kardashian explained on Instagram.
With her family, North is even blunter. According to Kardashian, North calls her mom’s house “ugly” whenever they get into disagreements. “She’ll say, ‘Your house is so ugly, it’s all white! Who lives like this?’ ” Kardashian explained in October 2021. “She just thinks it, like, gets to me, and it is kind of mean because I like my house.”
In another interview, Kardashian joked, “Who intimidates me? I was going to say politicians, but they don’t. Maybe just my daughter, North.”
North is a budding artist and “loves to paint,” according to Kardashian. The 10-year-old is also following in her father’s footsteps when it comes to fashion design. Kardashian showed off a few of North’s sketches for West’s Yeezy line in July 2022.
While North isn’t allowed on social media without supervision, she and her mom enjoy making TikTok videos for their joint account. One video, posted in January 2023, featured the mother-daughter duo grooving to a sped-up version of Ciara’s “Get Up.”
In May 2023, North joined her mom at the Met Gala, where she helped the SKIMS founder recover from a wardrobe malfunction. On the way to the event, the bottom half of Kardashian’s pearl-covered Schiaparelli gown broke, causing some pearls to fall off. On the red carpet, Kardashian explained that she asked North to grab the loose pearls, saying, “They’re real pearls, and she was putting them in her purse.”
A month later, Kardashian threw a sleepover party at the Beverly Hills Hotel for North and her friends in honor of her eldest 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥’s 10th 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡day. The SKIMS founder shared behind-the-scenes footage of North’s party on TikTok, which was complete with personalized pajamas and Hello Kitty-themed mocktails.
In September 2023, Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie, in which North portrays a Pomeranian named Mini, hit theaters.
North landed her first solo magazine cover in October 2023. When asked by i-D to describe herself in three words, she simply said: “The Best Ever.” The pre-teen went on to share that she’d like to “own Yeezy and SKIMS” one day.
Saint West, 9
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West and Kardashian’s second 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, Saint West, was 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 on Dec. 5, 2015, in L.A. West gets the credit for choosing Saint’s uncommon name. Apparently, the rapper was “going back and forth for a while” before landing on Saint because he wanted the name to have “spiritual significance.”
A friend of West told PEOPLE, “It needed to mean something and he agonized over it, probably even more than Kim … Kanye believes that a name is extremely important and that it’s the first sense of identity that we have.”
Saint is a major sports fan. He received a football lesson from one of the best quarterbacks in the game, Tom Brady, in November 2021, and he attended a Golden State Warriors game with West in March 2022.4
In October 2022, Kardashian took Saint to a Los Angeles Rams game at SoFi Stadium in L.A. Roughly a month later, she arranged for Saint to meet Jalen Ramsey on his 7th 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡day at another Rams home game.
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Saint also loves soccer. In March 2023, Kardashian took him and his friends to watch England’s Arsenal F.C. play Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon in London.
Kardashian treated Saint to another memorable soccer outing when they went to Lionel Messi’s first game at DRV PNK Stadium in Florida in July 2023. The mom of four shared a clip on her Instagram Story of Saint and a friend taking photos with the soccer star.
“Best day of their entire lives,” Kardashian captioned the clip.
In an October 2023 episode of The Kardashians, the mom of four revealed that she hired a “manny” for Saint and Psalm.
“My household and even our family is very female-dominated. I really wanted a male around that would be picking them up and taking them to sports,” Kardashian shared.
Chicago West, 6
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West and Kardashian welcomed their third 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, Chicago West, on Jan. 15, 2018. The couple had Chicago via surrogate after Kardashian’s previous high-risk pregnancies. “We are incredibly grateful to our surrogate who made our dreams come true with the greatest gift one could give and to our wonderful doctors and nurses for their special care,” Kardashian announced.
Chicago may be named for West’s hometown, but she definitely takes after Kardashian. For her 4th 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡day, Kardashian called her youngest daughter her “independent 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 girl twin” and the “ultimate princess.”
Psalm West, 5
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West and Kardashian’s youngest 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, Psalm West, was 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 via surrogate on May 9, 2019, in L.A. Like the rest of their 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren, Psalm’s name holds special significance for West and Kardashian. “The inspiration was the Book of Psalms in the Bible,” Kardashian’s mom, Kris, explained to ET Online shortly after his 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡. “I think it’s just a wonderful way to celebrate how they feel. And he’s such a blessing, so it’s perfect.”
According to Kardashian, Psalm’s arrival helped bring her family together. “[North, Saint and Chicago] love him. He has helped everyone come together. So now everyone gets along,” she told PEOPLE. “Everyone loves each other. Everyone is helpful. And everyone loves him. Like, obsessed with him.”
Kardashian also called Psalm “the sweetest 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 ever” on his 2nd 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡day. “He’s my 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 that looks most Armenian to me like my grandpa and reminds me so much of my dad,” the reality star wrote. When Psalm was a 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦, Kardashian even thought he could be her father Robert Kardashian reincarnated because they share so many of the same characteristics.
