Kinberly — girls' name
350 babies named Kinberly in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
350 girls have been named Kinberly since 1966, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2015.
- 350
- total births
- 1966–2015
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 25%
- born in that decade
25% of everyone ever named Kinberly was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Kinberly in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kinberly
The Social Security Administration has registered 350 babies named Kinberly between 1966 and 2015, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kinberly currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kinberly performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kinberly shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kinberly in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kinberly 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 350 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.
Kinberly at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kinberly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1966
- Peak year (1972)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
350 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 16 births in a single year.
Kinberly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 89 births that decade — 25% of Kinberly's all-time total
Kinberly decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Kinberly's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Kinberly by state
Where Kinberly concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 3.1% |
11 of 350 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1966–2015 (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.