Girls' name · since 1958
Kimbely
433 babies named Kimbely in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,889 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 433
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kimbely sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 433 recorded since 1958.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kimbely has been recorded 433 times among girls since 1958, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 1993.
- #12,889 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 433 born since 1958
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kimbely ranks #12,889 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 433 born since 1958, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,889 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 433
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kimbely's 433 recorded births place it above 82.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kimbely's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kimbely splits its recorded history at 1975: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1958 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1968 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kimbely popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1993
- Peak year (1968)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Kimbely by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (160 births, 37% of the file).
1970s was Kimbely's strongest decade.
160 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Kimbely births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s
1960s
139 births
- 1970s
1970s
160 births
- 1980s
1980s
107 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 160 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Kimbely's decade-level peak was the 1970s (160 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kimbely: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1958–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kimbely draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.