girls:
38k births since 1941
#700 (88th percentile)
boys:
235 births since 1949
#4351 (5th percentile)
overall:
38.2k births since 1941
#1274 (84th percentile)
The name Kimberley is the #1,274 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 38,236 recorded births since 1941. This represents the 83.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 83.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #700 (87.8% percentile) for all time with 38,001 births since 1941. For boys, it ranks #4,351 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 235 births since 1949.
Kimberley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1941 (1941 for girls and 1949 for boys). Birth data for Kimberley is available in 82 out of the 83 years between 1941 and 2023 (82 years for girls and 24 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 Kimberley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kimberley reached its peak popularity in 1967, achieving the 78.2% percentile (ranked #162) with 1,167 births per million. The name was most common in 1967, with 1,167 births per million (ranked 78.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kimberley ranks #932 for girls (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 1.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kimberley reached its peak popularity in 1954, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #595) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1954, with 13 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1974.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kimberley".
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