Girls' name · since 1933
Kimberly
Kimberly has 846,393 recorded births since 1933 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #302 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 846,393
- born since 1933
- 1960s
- peak decade
846,393 babies have been named Kimberly since 1933, making it today's #302 girls' name.
Kimberly has 846,393 recorded births among girls since 1933, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #302 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 2025.
- #21 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #302 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 846,393 born since 1933
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kimberly ranks #21 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #302 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 846,393 born since 1933, peaking in the 1960s.
- #21 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #302 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 846,393
- born since 1933
- 1960s
- peak decade
Kimberly's 846,393 recorded births place it above 99.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kimberly compares
846,393 Top 1% higher than 99% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kimberly's all-time total is 2,251x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kimberly | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 846,393 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34,130 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kimberly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kimberly splits its recorded history at 1979: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1936 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1970 peak of 34,130 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kimberly popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 34,130
- Annual births at peak, across 93 years of records
Kimberly popularity over time - boys
4,273 total births recorded since 1940 (Kimberly as boys' name)
Kimberly by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (259,072 births, 31% of the file).
1960s was Kimberly's strongest decade.
259,072 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Kimberly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 52
1930s
52 births
- 1940s 1,189
1940s
1,189 births
- 1950s 48,958
1950s
48,958 births
- 1960s
1960s
259,072 births
- 1970s
1970s
229,097 births
- 1980s
1980s
146,452 births
- 1990s 77,879
1990s
77,879 births
- 2000s 48,494
2000s
48,494 births
- 2010s 27,264
2010s
27,264 births
- 2020s 7,936
2020s
7,936 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 259,072 births (31% of all-time use).
How Kimberly compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kimberly's total volume
Kimberly by state
Where Kimberly concentrates geographically, total births since 1933
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 95,543 | 11.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 61,118 | 7.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 48,829 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 46,750 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 44,860 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 42,961 | 5.1% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 37,913 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Florida | | 31,222 | 3.7% |
95,543 of 846,393 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Kimberly appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kimberly's data
- Kimberly's decade-level peak was the 1960s (259,072 total births); usage has since declined to 7,936 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kimberlys (95,543 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Kimberly
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kimberly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~92 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, 1933–2025 (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 Kimberly 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.