Girls' name · peaked in 1967
Kimberley name popularity since 1925
38,278 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kimberley (99.4% girls, 0.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1969 or earlier, so the typical Kimberley is about 57 years old in 2026. Kimberley peaked in 1967 as the #166 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 38,278
- Named Kimberley, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,828 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% girls
- 38,043 girls · 235 boys
- Most popular in
- Massachusetts
- 1.59× its national share
Peak year is the year Kimberley 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.
Kimberley births per year, 1925–2025
1967 was the biggest year for Kimberley both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1952 and 1957, Kimberley became 5.4× more common, from 1 in 15,500 baby girls to 1 in 2,840.
- Steepest fall: Between 1972 and 1977, its share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 2,440.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kimberley's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kimberley.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kimberley in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 190 | 7 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 4,097 | 118 | #462 |
| 1960s | 16,261 | 83 | #189 |
| 1970s | 10,113 | 27 | #279 |
| 1980s | 3,788 | 0 | #569 |
| 1990s | 2,083 | 0 | #1,006 |
| 2000s | 906 | 0 | #2,100 |
| 2010s | 478 | 0 | #3,564 |
| 2020–25 | 127 | 0 | #5,828 |
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
52.8% of babies named Kimberley from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Kimberley is most popular
The index compares Kimberley'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 Kimberley.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 1.59× | 1,349 |
| Oregon | 1.54× | 513 |
| Virginia | 1.54× | 1,238 |
| Washington | 1.54× | 917 |
| Michigan | 1.41× | 1,916 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kimberley 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kimberley (this page) | 38,043 | 1967 |
| Kimberly | 846,393 | 1967 |
| Kimberlee | 17,690 | 1969 |
| 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 Kimberley's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kimberley.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kimberley (1967).
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