girls:
10.6k births since 1951
#1532 (73rd percentile)
boys:
427 births since 1914
#4159 (9th percentile)
overall:
11.1k births since 1914
#2501 (68th percentile)
The name Kimber is the #2,501 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,067 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 67.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 67.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,532 (73.2% percentile) for all time with 10,640 births since 1951. For boys, it ranks #4,159 (9.3% percentile) for all time with 427 births since 1914.
Kimber first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1951 for girls). Birth data for Kimber is available in 87 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (73 years for girls and 47 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kimber has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.1% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1955, the name was more popular for boys (70.6% boys from 1914 to 1954), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (97.4% girls from 1955 to 2023).
For girls, Kimber reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 46.8% percentile (ranked #510) with 266 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 277 births per million (ranked 46.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kimber ranks #657 for girls (30.7% percentile) with 173 births per million, which is 62.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kimber reached its peak popularity in 1954, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #604) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1954, with 8 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kimber ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 59.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kimber".
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