Girls' name · since 1955
Kimberlyn
Kimberlyn has 3,926 recorded births since 1955 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,026 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,795 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,926
- born since 1955
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kimberlyn currently ranks #3795 among girls' names in America, with 3,926 babies recorded since 1955.
Kimberlyn has 3,926 recorded births among girls since 1955, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3795 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 2025.
- #3,026 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,795 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,926 born since 1955
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kimberlyn ranks #3,026 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,795 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,926 born since 1955, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,026 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,795 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,926
- born since 1955
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kimberlyn's 3,926 recorded births place it above 95.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kimberlyn compares
3,926 Top 16% higher than 84% 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
Kimberlyn's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kimberlyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,926 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 121 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kimberlyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kimberlyn's full recorded timeline at 1990, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1955, with just 10 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 121 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kimberlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 121
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Kimberlyn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (801 births, 20% of the file).
1990s was Kimberlyn's strongest decade.
801 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Kimberlyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 129
1950s
129 births
- 1960s
1960s
637 births
- 1970s
1970s
417 births
- 1980s 229
1980s
229 births
- 1990s
1990s
801 births
- 2000s
2000s
772 births
- 2010s
2010s
690 births
- 2020s 251
2020s
251 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 801 births (20% of all-time use).
How Kimberlyn 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 Kimberlyn's total volume
Kimberlyn by state
Where Kimberlyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 368 | 9.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 331 | 8.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 143 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 61 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 56 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Florida | | 55 | 1.4% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 45 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 36 | 0.9% |
368 of 3,926 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Kimberlyn appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kimberlyn's data
- Kimberlyn's decade-level peak was the 1990s (801 total births); usage has since declined to 251 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kimberlyns (368 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kimberlyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~70 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, 1955–2025 (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 Kimberlyn 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.