Girls' name · peaked in 1969
Kimberlee name popularity since 1925
17,690 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kimberlee. Half of them were born in 1973 or earlier, so the typical Kimberlee is about 53 years old in 2026. Kimberlee peaked in 1969 as the #396 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,690
- Named Kimberlee, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,705 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 17,690 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 4.69× its national share
Peak year is the year Kimberlee made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kimberlee births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1970. Measured as a share of all babies, Kimberlee peaked in 1969.
- Fastest rise: Between 1954 and 1959, Kimberlee became 2.5× more common, from 1 in 12,900 baby girls to 1 in 5,120.
- Steepest fall: Between 1993 and 1998, its share of baby girls fell by 40%, from 1 in 7,570 to 1 in 12,600.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kimberlee's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kimberlee.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kimberlee in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 44 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 2,167 | #528 |
| 1960s | 4,832 | #428 |
| 1970s | 4,044 | #501 |
| 1980s | 2,906 | #739 |
| 1990s | 2,065 | #985 |
| 2000s | 929 | #2,099 |
| 2010s | 545 | #2,793 |
| 2020–25 | 158 | #4,705 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
39.4% of babies named Kimberlee from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Kimberlee is most popular
The index compares Kimberlee's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kimberlee.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 4.69× | 562 |
| Oregon | 2.46× | 325 |
| Washington | 2.42× | 570 |
| California | 1.69× | 2,522 |
| Michigan | 1.61× | 867 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kimberlee and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Kimberlee (this page) | 17,690 | 1969 |
| Kimberly | 846,393 | 1967 |
| Kimberley | 38,043 | 1967 |
| Kimberli | 3,942 | 1968 |
| Kimberlie | 3,678 | 1968 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kimberlee's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kimberlee.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kimberlee (1969).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data