How Many People Are Named Kimberly?
people named Kimberly are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 431 people in the US has this name
Based on 850,666 babies named Kimberly in Social Security records from 1933 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
34,243 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the city of Kimberley in South Africa, which was named after Lord KIMBERLEY (1826-1902). The city came to prominence in the late 19th century during the Boer War. Kimberly has been used as a given name since the mid-20th century, eventually becoming very popular as a feminine name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Kimberly in English. Counting Kimberly and these spellings together, about 843,379 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Kimberly (99.6%) were girls. The share has stayed close to this since the 1940s: 92.7% of the babies were girls then and 99.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kimberly alive today is about 47 years old, and 67% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 39 and 58 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kimberly first appears in the records in 1933 and was given most often in 1970, to 34,243 babies. In 2025, 1,009 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1933 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kimberly reached #2 among girls' names in 1966 to 1967, and was in the top 10 for 14 years, 1964 to 1977. In 2025 it ranked #303.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #303 |
| Best rank | #2 (1966 to 1967) |
| Years in the top 10 | 14 |
| Years in the top 100 | 57 (1956 to 2012) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kimberly alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kimberly were born in California than in any other state: about 90,543 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kimberly was given 1.4 times as often in Delaware, 1.4 times in West Virginia and 1.3 times in Kentucky.
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