Girls' name · peaked in 1967
Kimberly name popularity since 1925
850,666 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kimberly. Half of them were born in 1973 or earlier, so the typical Kimberly is about 53 years old in 2026. Kimberly peaked in 1967 as the #2 name for girls, and it ranked #303 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 850,666
- Named Kimberly, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #303
- for girls in 2025 (1,009 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% girls
- 846,393 girls · 4,273 boys
- Most popular in
- Delaware
- 1.45× its national share
Peak year is the year Kimberly 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.
Kimberly births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1970. Measured as a share of all babies, Kimberly peaked in 1967.
- Fastest rise: Between 1951 and 1956, Kimberly became 12× more common, from 1 in 3,710 baby girls to 1 in 298.
- Steepest fall: Between 2014 and 2019, its share of baby girls fell by 44%, from 1 in 616 to 1 in 1,090.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kimberly's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kimberly.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kimberly 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 | 52 | 0 | #3,590 |
| 1940s | 1,189 | 93 | #1,634 |
| 1950s | 48,958 | 1,238 | #111 |
| 1960s | 259,072 | 1,054 | #4 |
| 1970s | 229,097 | 858 | #7 |
| 1980s | 146,452 | 627 | #19 |
| 1990s | 77,879 | 245 | #37 |
| 2000s | 48,494 | 116 | #63 |
| 2010s | 27,264 | 36 | #108 |
| 2020–25 | 7,936 | 6 | #303 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
48.0% of babies named Kimberly from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Kimberly is most popular
The index compares Kimberly'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 Kimberly.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 1.45× | 2,574 |
| Maryland | 1.24× | 16,245 |
| Alaska | 1.20× | 1,525 |
| Ohio | 1.19× | 46,912 |
| West Virginia | 1.19× | 8,963 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kimberly 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kimberly (this page) | 846,393 | 1967 |
| Kimberley | 38,043 | 1967 |
| Kimberlee | 17,690 | 1969 |
| Kimberli | 3,942 | 1968 |
| Kimberlie | 3,678 | 1968 |
| Kymberly | 3,046 | 1987 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kimberly's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kimberly.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kimberly (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