Kimberley
#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · Last seen for boys in 1974 at #4,634
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1967 · 2,003 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 38,043since 1941
Kimberley over time
Rank among girls' names. Kimberley has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,722 | 21 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,021 | 26 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,168 | 24 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 25 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,656 | 42 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,533 | 44 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,922 | 58 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,837 | 60 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,040 | 55 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,763 | 63 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,642 | 68 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,425 | 79 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,718 | 67 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,071 | 98 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,098 | 93 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,088 | 89 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,820 | 104 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,203 | 78 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,251 | 73 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,713 | 105 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,518 | 120 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,378 | 128 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,330 | 132 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,145 | 163 | — | |
| 1996 | #990 | 190 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,006 | 185 | — | |
| 1994 | #901 | 213 | — | |
| 1993 | #857 | 225 | — | |
| 1992 | #854 | 233 | — | |
| 1991 | #720 | 290 | — | |
| 1990 | #666 | 324 | — | |
| 1989 | #684 | 295 | — | |
| 1988 | #681 | 284 | — | |
| 1987 | #640 | 294 | — | |
| 1986 | #554 | 366 | — | |
| 1985 | #569 | 344 | — | |
| 1984 | #565 | 327 | — | |
| 1983 | #503 | 387 | — | |
| 1982 | #471 | 446 | — | |
| 1981 | #455 | 473 | — | |
| 1980 | #397 | 572 | — | |
| 1979 | #385 | 575 | — | |
| 1978 | #372 | 570 | — | |
| 1977 | #352 | 629 | — | |
| 1976 | #315 | 719 | — | |
| 1975 | #279 | 871 | — | |
| 1974 | #255 | 1,006 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #236 | 1,091 | — | |
| 1972 | #219 | 1,272 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #192 | 1,610 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #185 | 1,770 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #179 | 1,806 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #175 | 1,855 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #166 | 2,003 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #171 | 1,987 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #189 | 1,799 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #219 | 1,549 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #233 | 1,412 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #224 | 1,441 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #255 | 1,210 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #257 | 1,199 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #307 | 892 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #336 | 789 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #339 | 720 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #357 | 596 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #461 | 384 | #1,791 | 19 |
| 1954 | #539 | 272 | #1,496 | 26 |
| 1953 | #646 | 191 | #1,958 | 16 |
| 1952 | #836 | 120 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #1,090 | 73 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #1,192 | 60 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,210 | 56 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #1,285 | 51 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,488 | 40 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,919 | 23 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kimberley! It came in at #4,420, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1941–1945, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Kimberley
- 701 spots since 2024 (#5,021 → #5,722)
- 554 spots since 2020 (#5,168 → #5,722)
- 2,189 spots since 2015 (#3,533 → #5,722)
- Biggest jump: 254 spots in 1952 (#1,090 → #836)
- Biggest drop: 155 spots in 1997 (#990 → #1,145)
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1967 at #166 (2,003 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1952–1994
- Highest: 1 in 824 girls born in 1967 were named Kimberley (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 42.7% of all girls named Kimberley (16,261) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 190 | #1,210 (1949) | #3,026 |
| 1950s | 4,097 | #307 (1959) | #610 |
| 1960s | 16,261 | #166 (1967) | #207 |
| 1970s | 10,113 | #185 (1970) | #279 |
| 1980s | 3,788 | #397 (1980) | #552 |
| 1990s | 2,083 | #666 (1990) | #985 |
| 2000s | 906 | #1,518 (2000) | #2,091 |
| 2010s | 478 | #2,642 (2010) | #3,554 |
| 2020s | 127 | #5,021 (2024) | #5,846 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kimberley in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 988 of them was named Kimberley, which outranked 98.0% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 265,461 of them was named Kimberley, which outranked 29.4% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,521Zeb8
- #3,521Zenon8
- #3,521Zoran8
- #3,836Kimberley7
- #3,836Acey7
- #3,836Adin7
- #3,836Adren7
- #4,230Abbott6
- #4,230Abdon6
- #4,230Ade6
Tied with 393 names at #3,836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.