Kimberly
#302 for girls in 2025, 1,009 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #10,799
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1967 · 33,097 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 57 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 846,393since 1933
Kimberly over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #302 | 1,009 | — | |
| 2024 | #247 | 1,286 | — | |
| 2023 | #222 | 1,338 | — | |
| 2022 | #211 | 1,392 | — | |
| 2021 | #220 | 1,351 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #185 | 1,560 | — | |
| 2019 | #196 | 1,537 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #173 | 1,705 | — | |
| 2017 | #164 | 1,840 | — | |
| 2016 | #133 | 2,332 | — | |
| 2015 | #108 | 2,843 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #107 | 2,902 | — | |
| 2013 | #101 | 3,105 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #88 | 3,317 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #67 | 3,812 | — | |
| 2010 | #69 | 3,871 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #66 | 4,228 | — | |
| 2008 | #57 | 4,814 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #54 | 5,103 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #58 | 5,011 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #63 | 4,752 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #61 | 4,847 | #4,264 | 20 |
| 2003 | #64 | 4,825 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #63 | 4,790 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #61 | 4,880 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #58 | 5,244 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #51 | 5,457 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #54 | 5,722 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #49 | 6,182 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #41 | 7,176 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | #37 | 7,745 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #32 | 8,747 | #2,181 | 37 |
| 1993 | #39 | 7,965 | #2,641 | 27 |
| 1992 | #35 | 8,895 | #2,214 | 34 |
| 1991 | #34 | 9,799 | #2,344 | 30 |
| 1990 | #31 | 10,191 | #2,049 | 36 |
| 1989 | #28 | 11,037 | #1,382 | 63 |
| 1988 | #25 | 11,948 | #1,451 | 53 |
| 1987 | #23 | 13,031 | #1,316 | 56 |
| 1986 | #18 | 14,420 | #1,188 | 64 |
| 1985 | #19 | 14,914 | #1,304 | 54 |
| 1984 | #22 | 14,445 | #1,174 | 60 |
| 1983 | #15 | 15,370 | #1,095 | 66 |
| 1982 | #14 | 16,101 | #1,064 | 73 |
| 1981 | #13 | 16,689 | #1,236 | 55 |
| 1980 | #11 | 18,497 | #989 | 83 |
| 1979 | #12 | 17,635 | #1,116 | 64 |
| 1978 | #13 | 16,879 | #1,011 | 73 |
| 1977 | #8 | 18,286 | #949 | 81 |
| 1976 | #7 | 18,962 | #1,067 | 61 |
| 1975 | #7 | 20,257 | #906 | 82 |
| 1974 | #6 | 22,427 | #825 | 95 |
| 1973 | #4 | 23,531 | #804 | 96 |
| 1972 | #4 | 26,282 | #841 | 91 |
| 1971 | #4 | 30,708 | #797 | 102 |
| 1970 | #3 | 34,130 | #776 | 113 |
| 1969 | #4 | 33,077 | #723 | 116 |
| 1968 | #3 | 31,906 | #717 | 110 |
| 1967 | #2 | 33,097 | #690 | 116 |
| 1966 | #2 | 32,232 | #686 | 116 |
| 1965 | #4 | 28,836 | #676 | 121 |
| 1964 | #6 | 24,128 | #766 | 99 |
| 1963 | #11 | 21,224 | #807 | 88 |
| 1962 | #16 | 20,363 | #845 | 80 |
| 1961 | #22 | 17,355 | #730 | 111 |
| 1960 | #26 | 16,854 | #772 | 97 |
| 1959 | #33 | 12,790 | #730 | 110 |
| 1958 | #39 | 10,710 | #649 | 140 |
| 1957 | #42 | 9,454 | #615 | 156 |
| 1956 | #74 | 6,730 | #600 | 161 |
| 1955 | #111 | 3,862 | #553 | 177 |
| 1954 | #168 | 2,087 | #614 | 144 |
| 1953 | #209 | 1,428 | #640 | 124 |
| 1952 | #254 | 966 | #733 | 92 |
| 1951 | #366 | 486 | #711 | 95 |
| 1950 | #382 | 445 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1949 | #415 | 362 | #1,163 | 37 |
| 1948 | #450 | 315 | #1,346 | 29 |
| 1947 | #520 | 255 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #707 | 130 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #1,621 | 26 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,867 | 21 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,668 | 25 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,610 | 24 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kimberly! It came in at #3,406, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1933–1937, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Kimberly is popular in 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#331 · 1 in 4,143
- California#379 · 1 in 3,546
- Washington#407 · 1 in 4,473
- Massachusetts#431 · 1 in 8,900
- Indiana#448 · 1 in 6,279
Best ever in a state: #1 in Delaware, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #331 | 10 | 1 in 4,143 |
| California | #379 | 28 | 1 in 3,546 |
| Washington | #407 | 5 | 1 in 4,473 |
| Massachusetts | #431 | 5 | 1 in 8,900 |
| Indiana | #448 | 6 | 1 in 6,279 |
| Illinois | #491 | 11 | 1 in 7,105 |
| Missouri | #503 | 5 | 1 in 7,336 |
| Pennsylvania | #550 | 9 | 1 in 11,028 |
| New York | #627 | 11 | 1 in 12,048 |
| Ohio | #628 | 6 | 1 in 12,811 |
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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 Kimberly
- 55 spots since 2024 (#247 → #302)
- 117 spots since 2020 (#185 → #302)
- 194 spots since 2015 (#108 → #302)
- Biggest jump: 914 spots in 1946 (#1,621 → #707)
- Biggest drop: 55 spots in 2025 (#247 → #302)
- Debuted 1933
- Peaked 1967 at #2 (33,097 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: 14 yrs · run 1964–1977
- Top 100: 57 yrs · run 1956–2012
- Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1946–2025
- Highest: 1 in 50 girls born in 1967 were named Kimberly (2.0%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,593 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 30.6% of all girls named Kimberly (259,072) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 52 | #2,592 (1939) | #3,420 |
| 1940s | 1,189 | #415 (1949) | #1,323 |
| 1950s | 48,958 | #33 (1959) | #168 |
| 1960s | 259,072 | #2 (1967) | #10 |
| 1970s | 229,097 | #3 (1970) | #7 |
| 1980s | 146,452 | #11 (1980) | #19 |
| 1990s | 77,879 | #31 (1990) | #40 |
| 2000s | 48,494 | #54 (2007) | #61 |
| 2010s | 27,264 | #67 (2011) | #121 |
| 2020s | 7,936 | #185 (2020) | #231 |
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.
Kimberly in 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 12,087 of them was named Kimberly, which outranked 87.6% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 270,671 of them was named Kimberly, which outranked 21.0% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,919Zeno7
- #2,919Zenon7
- #2,919Zigmund7
- #3,173Kimberly6
- #3,173Ab6
- #3,173Abbey6
- #3,173Abdul6
- #3,525Abb5
- #3,525Abbie5
- #3,525Abbott5
Tied with 351 names at #3,173; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.