Kimber — #911 US girls' name
10,934 babies named Kimber in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Kimber was born in this single decade.
515 babies were named Kimber in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kimber
The Social Security Administration has registered 10,934 babies named Kimber between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kimber currently holds the #911 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 515 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kimber performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 4,239 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kimber shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,246 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Kimber in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kimber 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 10,934 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.
Kimber at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Kimber popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1951
- Peak year (2016)
- 515
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
Currently ranks #911 among girls.
10,934 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 515 births in a single year.
Kimber popularity over time — boys
436 total births recorded since 1914 (Kimber as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kimber accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kimber by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 4,239 births that decade — 39% of Kimber's all-time total
Kimber decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,239 births
- Runner-up 1,802 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kimber's strongest decade
4,239 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Kimber by state
Where Kimber concentrates geographically — total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,246 | 11.4% |
| #2 | California | | 687 | 6.3% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 395 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Missouri | | 376 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 350 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 303 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Florida | | 293 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 290 | 2.7% |
1,246 of 10,934 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 11.4% of nationwide
- California 6.3% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 3.6% of nationwide
- Missouri 3.4% of nationwide
- Tennessee 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 11.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kimber appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1951–2024 (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.