Kimber
#936 for girls in 2025, 278 births · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to girls 96.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2016 · 516 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,215since 1951
Kimber over time
Rank among girls' names. Kimber has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #936 | 278 | #5,861 | 15 |
| 2024 | #908 | 292 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #883 | 304 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #775 | 367 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #682 | 426 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #685 | 415 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #598 | 508 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #599 | 509 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #602 | 501 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #592 | 516 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #629 | 453 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #627 | 456 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #665 | 430 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #790 | 344 | — | |
| 2011 | #981 | 261 | — | |
| 2010 | #969 | 263 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,054 | 245 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,331 | 185 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,257 | 196 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,403 | 161 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,894 | 102 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,264 | 77 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,642 | 58 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,512 | 61 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,070 | 45 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,222 | 67 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,164 | 66 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,845 | 80 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,826 | 80 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,492 | 106 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,166 | 152 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,345 | 123 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,264 | 135 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,087 | 166 | — | |
| 1990 | #981 | 188 | — | |
| 1989 | #968 | 180 | — | |
| 1988 | #788 | 239 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,075 | 142 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,447 | 88 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,536 | 79 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,703 | 64 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,858 | 56 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,185 | 46 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,158 | 47 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,128 | 48 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,387 | 39 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,938 | 50 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,341 | 38 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,027 | 43 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #2,029 | 41 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #1,805 | 47 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,448 | 67 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #1,613 | 58 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #1,544 | 63 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,440 | 66 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,324 | 70 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #1,336 | 67 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,385 | 63 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #1,156 | 85 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #1,103 | 98 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #1,290 | 73 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #1,234 | 79 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #1,268 | 76 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #1,266 | 75 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #1,244 | 74 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #1,395 | 58 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #1,376 | 59 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #1,470 | 52 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 | #1,979 | 16 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
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| 1943 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
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| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
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| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
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| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
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| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
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| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kimber! It came in at #4,833, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1951, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Kimber is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#535 · 1 in 4,703
- California#792 · 1 in 8,545
Best ever in a state: #29 in Wyoming, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #535 | 5 | 1 in 4,703 |
| California | #792 | 18 | 1 in 8,545 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kimber
- 28 spots since 2024 (#908 → #936)
- 251 spots since 2020 (#685 → #936)
- 307 spots since 2015 (#629 → #936)
- Biggest jump: 287 spots in 1988 (#1,075 → #788)
- Biggest drop: 180 spots in 1989 (#788 → #968)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 2016 at #592 (516 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 2010–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,304 girls born in 2019 were named Kimber (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,782 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #592 in 2016, was only 1 in 3,434 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 37.8% of all girls named Kimber (4,241) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 332 | #1,244 (1959) | #2,216 |
| 1960s | 752 | #1,103 (1964) | #1,280 |
| 1970s | 477 | #1,448 (1972) | #1,965 |
| 1980s | 989 | #788 (1988) | #1,585 |
| 1990s | 1,163 | #981 (1990) | #1,539 |
| 2000s | 1,179 | #1,054 (2009) | #2,047 |
| 2010s | 4,241 | #592 (2016) | #705 |
| 2020s | 2,082 | #682 (2021) | #812 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kimber in 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 23,434 of them was named Kimber, which outranked 83.8% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,311Sherita71
- #1,311Starr71
- #1,311Tosha71
- #1,324Kimber70
- #1,324Adela70
- #1,324Alyce70
- #1,324Cammy70
- #1,334Aleta69
- #1,334Celestine69
- #1,334Jacklyn69
Tied with 9 names at #1,324; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 289,662 of them was named Kimber, which outranked 22.6% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,365Wyndham7
- #3,365Zak7
- #3,365Zenon7
- #3,673Kimber6
- #3,673Acey6
- #3,673Acie6
- #3,673Adams6
- #4,136Abrahan5
- #4,136Achille5
- #4,136Achilles5
Tied with 462 names at #3,673; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.