Girls' name · since 1959
Kimberlye
Kimberlye has 70 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1964 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 70
- total births
- 1959–1974
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
70 girls have been named Kimberlye since 1959, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kimberlye has been recorded 70 times among girls since 1959, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 1974.
- 70 total births
- 1959–1974 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 74% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kimberlye's 70 recorded births place it above 57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kimberlye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kimberlye's SSA record in two at 1966 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1959, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1964 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kimberlye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1974
- Peak year (1964)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Kimberlye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Kimberlye's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Kimberlye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
52 births
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 52 births (74% of all-time use).
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- Kimberlye's decade-level peak was the 1960s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1959–1974 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kimberlye: Baby Name Since 1959 - 70 Births, Peak 1964." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kimberlye. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kimberlye 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 July 2026.