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Kimberely

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Kimberely is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 912th, in 1965.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1970126 births
Best rank
#912in 1965
Since 1952
2,300people given the name
Babies named Kimberely, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

2,300 girls have been named Kimberely in the United States since 1952, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 126 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 126 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1960s alone account for 41%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Kimberely
1950s137
1960s941
1970s743
1980s331
1990s121
2000s27

In 1970, its biggest year

Kimberely was the 991st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.

Names that rose and fell with Kimberely

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.