Kimber

What Kimber means

Means “royal + fortress”

From the name of a 7th-century English female saint, Kyneburga or Cyneburg, from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + burh (“fortress”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Kimber” (revision 93671952), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Kimber?

US: Falling: down from #629 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 508 girls got the name (#598 that year). First in the US records in 1951.

How common

• About 1 in 5,782 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MT (2.83 per 1,000 girls), WV (1.38 per 1,000 girls), KS (1.1 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Kimber is #936 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 94.9% of US babies named Kimber were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kymber25 US
• Camber10 US
• Kamber10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Kymber

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Kimber

Girls

• June#150From the word “name”^*
• Melody#79Editor’s note Up from #148 in 2015 to #79 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 520 US girls in the 2025 records
• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*
• Mavis#560Editor’s note Up from #1,003 in 2015 to #560 in 2025 in the US
• Olive#197Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #47 vs #197 in 2025
• Aria#26“a musical aria”^*

For a brother

• Duke#695Editor’s note Down from #601 in 2015 to #695 in 2025 in the US
• Royal#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Prince#447Editor’s note Down from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 in the US
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Briar#686Editor’s note Used for both: 34% of US babies named Briar in 2025 were boys

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kimber’s. Rank is US 2025.