Kimberly Girl
How popular is Kimberly?
#302 girl name in 2025
1,009 baby girls were named Kimberly in the US in 2025, making it the 302nd most popular girl name.
Kimberly popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #302 for girls (▼ 55 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,009 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-65% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #108 in 2015, #185 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1970 (34,130 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2 in 1966 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1933 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kimberly counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kimberly family of names ranked #302 for girls in 2025 (#245 the year before), with 1,080 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kimberly | 1,009 | 93% |
| Kimberlee | 29 | 3% |
| Kimberley | 21 | 2% |
| Kimberli | 9 | 1% |
| Kimberlie | 6 | 1% |
| Kimberleigh | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kimberly is most popular
Babies named Kimberly per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nebraska: 1.6 per 1,000 (56 girls)
- Maryland: 1.5 per 1,000 (162 girls)
- New Mexico: 1.5 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Rhode Island: 1.4 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- California: 1.3 per 1,000 (1,103 girls)
Kimberly by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 52 | #2,590 |
| 1940s | 1,189 | #414 |
| 1950s | 48,958 | #33 |
| 1960s | 259,072 | #2 |
| 1970s | 229,097 | #3 |
| 1980s | 146,452 | #11 |
| 1990s | 77,879 | #31 |
| 2000s | 48,494 | #54 |
| 2010s | 27,264 | #67 |
| 2020s | 7,936 | #185 |
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Questions
- Is Kimberly a boy or girl name?
- Kimberly is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kimberly were girls.
- How popular is the name Kimberly?
- 1,009 baby girls were named Kimberly in the US in 2025, making it the 302nd most popular girl name.
- When was Kimberly most popular?
- Kimberly peaked in 1970, when 34,130 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2, held for 2 years starting in 1966.
- How many people are named Kimberly?
- 850,666 babies have been named Kimberly in the US since 1880. We estimate about 798,147 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 52.
- Where is Kimberly most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kimberly was most common in Nebraska, at 1.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.