Kimberley
#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · Last seen for boys in 1974 at #4,634
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1967 · 2,003 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 38,043since 1941
Kimberley over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kimberley has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #5,722 | 21 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,021 | 26 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,168 | 24 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 25 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,656 | 42 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,533 | 44 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,922 | 58 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,837 | 60 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,040 | 55 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,763 | 63 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,642 | 68 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,425 | 79 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,718 | 67 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,071 | 98 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,098 | 93 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,088 | 89 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,820 | 104 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,203 | 78 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,251 | 73 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,713 | 105 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,518 | 120 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,378 | 128 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,330 | 132 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,145 | 163 | — | |
| 1996 | #990 | 190 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,006 | 185 | — | |
| 1994 | #901 | 213 | — | |
| 1993 | #857 | 225 | — | |
| 1992 | #854 | 233 | — | |
| 1991 | #720 | 290 | — | |
| 1990 | #666 | 324 | — | |
| 1989 | #684 | 295 | — | |
| 1988 | #681 | 284 | — | |
| 1987 | #640 | 294 | — | |
| 1986 | #554 | 366 | — | |
| 1985 | #569 | 344 | — | |
| 1984 | #565 | 327 | — | |
| 1983 | #503 | 387 | — | |
| 1982 | #471 | 446 | — | |
| 1981 | #455 | 473 | — | |
| 1980 | #397 | 572 | — | |
| 1979 | #385 | 575 | — | |
| 1978 | #372 | 570 | — | |
| 1977 | #352 | 629 | — | |
| 1976 | #315 | 719 | — | |
| 1975 | #279 | 871 | — | |
| 1974 | #255 | 1,006 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #236 | 1,091 | — | |
| 1972 | #219 | 1,272 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #192 | 1,610 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #185 | 1,770 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #179 | 1,806 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #175 | 1,855 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #166 | 2,003 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #171 | 1,987 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #189 | 1,799 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #219 | 1,549 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #233 | 1,412 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #224 | 1,441 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #255 | 1,210 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #257 | 1,199 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #307 | 892 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #336 | 789 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #339 | 720 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #357 | 596 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #461 | 384 | #1,791 | 19 |
| 1954 | #539 | 272 | #1,496 | 26 |
| 1953 | #646 | 191 | #1,958 | 16 |
| 1952 | #836 | 120 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #1,090 | 73 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #1,192 | 60 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,210 | 56 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #1,285 | 51 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,488 | 40 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,919 | 23 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1941
The first year at least five girls were named Kimberley! It came in at #4,420, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1941–1945, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kimberley is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Arkansas#200 · 1 in 968
- Virginia#213 · 1 in 1,160
- West Virginia#269 · 1 in 1,685
- Massachusetts#280 · 1 in 1,977
- Washington#282 · 1 in 1,639
Best ever in a state: #75 in Vermont, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #200 | 13 | 1 in 968 |
| Virginia | #213 | 24 | 1 in 1,160 |
| West Virginia | #269 | 7 | 1 in 1,685 |
| Massachusetts | #280 | 15 | 1 in 1,977 |
| Washington | #282 | 14 | 1 in 1,639 |
| Colorado | #297 | 10 | 1 in 1,729 |
| New Mexico | #301 | 6 | 1 in 1,364 |
| South Carolina | #311 | 10 | 1 in 1,705 |
| Texas | #324 | 57 | 1 in 1,814 |
| Illinois | #325 | 34 | 1 in 2,085 |
| Wisconsin | #325 | 11 | 1 in 2,633 |
| Utah | #329 | 8 | 1 in 1,896 |
| Maryland | #332 | 9 | 1 in 2,029 |
| New Jersey | #343 | 17 | 1 in 2,134 |
| Tennessee | #344 | 12 | 1 in 2,322 |
| California | #345 | 76 | 1 in 2,018 |
| Missouri | #347 | 12 | 1 in 2,555 |
| Georgia | #353 | 15 | 1 in 2,150 |
| Minnesota | #358 | 9 | 1 in 2,949 |
| Michigan | #361 | 21 | 1 in 2,740 |
| Oregon | #362 | 7 | 1 in 2,206 |
| Florida | #374 | 19 | 1 in 2,317 |
| Kentucky | #381 | 8 | 1 in 2,986 |
| Ohio | #395 | 21 | 1 in 3,284 |
| Connecticut | #396 | 5 | 1 in 2,838 |
| New York | #400 | 37 | 1 in 2,657 |
| Arizona | #404 | 7 | 1 in 2,341 |
| Iowa | #412 | 5 | 1 in 3,718 |
| Mississippi | #446 | 6 | 1 in 2,556 |
| Alabama | #461 | 7 | 1 in 3,107 |
| Indiana | #466 | 9 | 1 in 3,866 |
| North Carolina | #553 | 7 | 1 in 4,624 |
| Pennsylvania | #567 | 12 | 1 in 5,500 |
| Louisiana | #591 | 7 | 1 in 3,931 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 701 spots since 2024 (#5,021 → #5,722)
- 554 spots since 2020 (#5,168 → #5,722)
- 2,189 spots since 2015 (#3,533 → #5,722)
- Biggest jump: 254 spots in 1952 (#1,090 → #836)
- Biggest drop: 155 spots in 1997 (#990 → #1,145)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1967 at #166 (2,003 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 44 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1952–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 824
- Highest: 1 in 824 girls born in 1967 were named Kimberley (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 42.7% of all girls named Kimberley (16,261) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 190 | #1,210 (1949) | #3,026 |
| 1950s | 4,097 | #307 (1959) | #610 |
| 1960s | 16,261 | #166 (1967) | #207 |
| 1970s | 10,113 | #185 (1970) | #279 |
| 1980s | 3,788 | #397 (1980) | #552 |
| 1990s | 2,083 | #666 (1990) | #985 |
| 2000s | 906 | #1,518 (2000) | #2,091 |
| 2010s | 478 | #2,642 (2010) | #3,554 |
| 2020s | 127 | #5,021 (2024) | #5,846 |
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.
Kimberley in 1978
girls
#372
570 births · 1 in 2,687 girls
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 2,687 of them was named Kimberley, which outranked 96.8% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).