Recorded 1955–2020 Girls' name Peak 1968 1,503 births

Kemberly — girls' name

1,503 babies named Kemberly in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s481960s3271970s3191980s2171990s2612000s2632010s632020s5
1960s
Peak decade

22% of everyone ever named Kemberly was born in this single decade.

1968
Single peak year

50 babies were named Kemberly in 1968 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kemberly

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,503 babies named Kemberly between 1955 and 2020, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kemberly currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kemberly performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 327 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kemberly shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 178 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Kemberly in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kemberly in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,503 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Kemberly at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

1,503

Since 1955

66 years of records

Peak year

1968

50 births that year

Strongest decade: 1960s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1955

Recorded for 66 years

Last year on file: 2020

Kemberly popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1955

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (1968)
50
Annual births at peak — across 66 years of records
0102030405060 202020092001199319851977196919611955 6

Kemberly by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1960s
Peak decade
1960s
327 births that decade — 22% of Kemberly's all-time total
1950s481960s3271970s3191980s2171990s2612000s2632010s632020s5

Kemberly by state

Where Kemberly concentrates geographically — total births since 1955

Geographically diffuse
Top 6 states by recorded births for the name Kemberly
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
178 11.8%
#2 Texas
54 3.6%
#3 Georgia
17 1.1%
#4 New York
7 0.5%
#5 North Carolina
6 0.4%
#6 Mississippi
5 0.3%
California share of Kemberly's total US births 11.8%
Even split

178 of 1,503 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kemberly?
1,503 babies have been named Kemberly since 1955. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 1968 with 50 births.
When was Kemberly most popular?
Kemberly was most popular in the 1960s decade with 327 total births. The single peak year was 1968.
Where is Kemberly most popular?
The top states for the name Kemberly are California (178 births), Texas (54 births), Georgia (17 births).
How long has the name Kemberly been used?
Kemberly has been recorded in Social Security data since 1955, spanning 66 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Kemberly?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kemora, Kemani, Kemya, Kemari, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1955–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.