Kimberly

girls:

844.1k births since 1933

#21 (100th percentile)

boys:

4.3k births since 1940

#1864 (59th percentile)

overall:

848.3k births since 1933

#58 (99th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kimberly".

1933 2023 19332023

Key Statistics

Total Births
844,065
Peak Births
34,133
Peak Year
1966
First Recorded
1933
Peak Percentile
99.9%
Current Percentile
77.7%
Peak Rank
#2
Current Rank
#212
Female statistics
Total Births
4,273
Peak Births
177
Peak Year
1955
First Recorded
1940
Peak Percentile
25.7%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#475
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Kimberly

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Kimberly. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Kimberly is pronounced as KIHM-ber-lee.

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Kimberly. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Kimberly, please vote using the thumbs up button.

KEHM-ber-lee (3 syllables)
4 names 1.6k births
K EH1 M B ER0 L IY0
KIHM-ber-LEE (3 syllables)
2 names 756 births
K IH1 M B ER0 L IY1

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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