Kimberly

What Kimberly means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kimberly yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #108 in 2015, #302 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kimberly?

US: Falling: down from #108 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #965 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1967, when 33,097 girls got the name (#2 that year). First in the US records in 1933.

How common

• About 1 in 1,593 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 14,899 baby girls in England and Wales 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 RI (2.04 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.46 per 1,000 girls), MD (1.35 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kimberly is #302 in the US and #1719 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kimberly were girls.

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

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kimberley21 US · 13 E&W
• Kimberlee29 US
• Kimberli9 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.

If you like Kimberly

Girls

• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*
• Kelly#851Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1977, with 18,234 babies; 319 in 2025
• Tiffany#878Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1988, with 18,364 babies; 304 in 2025
• Kelsey#814Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #343 in 2015, #814 in 2025
• Shelby#649Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1991, with 10,220 babies; 444 in 2025
• Brooke#313Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1996, with 6,724 babies; 972 in 2025

For a brother

• Ryan#99Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 29,905 babies; 3,532 in 2025
• Brandon#261“broom shrub + hill, dune”^*
• Curtis#984“polite, courteous”^*
• Kyle#508“narrows”^*
• Tyler#219“tiler”^*
• Keith#800“wood”^*

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