NameTides

Kimberly

Kimberly was the #302 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,009 babies), and #1,719 in England & Wales and #1,141 in Canada.

Kimberly as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Kimberly as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandCanadaEngland & Wales
Kimberly as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#302 (1,009)#1,719 (17)——#443 (8)#1,141 (23)—
2024#247 (1,286)#1,036 (33)———#753 (39)—
2023#222 (1,338)#1,959 (14)——#445 (8)#987 (26)—
2022#211 (1,392)#1,501 (20)#625 (4)——#794 (34)—
2021#220 (1,351)#1,569 (19)—#446 (3)#764 (4)#677 (43)—
2020#185 (1,560)#1,397 (22)#765 (3)#397 (3)#700 (4)#450 (66)—
2019#196 (1,537)#1,389 (22)——#621 (5)#557 (56)—
2018#173 (1,705)#1,111 (31)——#896 (3)#610 (49)—
2017#164 (1,840)#982 (37)——#734 (4)#710 (41)—
2016#133 (2,332)#955 (38)#502 (6)—#585 (6)#536 (59)—
2015#108 (2,843)#965 (37)#455 (7)—#532 (7)#542 (57)—
2014#107 (2,902)#832 (46)#603 (5)—#427 (10)#417 (78)—
2013#101 (3,105)#684 (58)#319 (12)#370 (4)#540 (7)#404 (80)—
2012#88 (3,317)#825 (46)#815 (3)#451 (3)#474 (9)#431 (74)—
2011#67 (3,812)#738 (52)#363 (10)#363 (4)#550 (7)#415 (77)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1967 at #2.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1933.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kimberly is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kimberly by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #420WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #273WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #312ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #326NYMassachusetts: #417MAOregon: #320ORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #511INOhio: #622OHPennsylvania: #403PANew Jersey: #339NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #226CAUtah: #440UTColorado: #536CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #345VAMaryland: #189MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #446AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #361KSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #250TNNorth Carolina: #442NCSouth Carolina: #373SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #247OKLouisiana: #271LAMississippi: #196MSAlabama: #201ALGeorgia: #380GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #185TXFlorida: #189FL
Kimberly (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,10010

Kimberly (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KimberlyCanadaGirls#1,14123
KimberlyEngland & WalesGirls#1,71917
KimberlyIrelandGirls#4438
KimberlyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KimberlyNSWGirls—too few
KimberlyScotlandGirls—too few
KimberlyUSGirls#3021,009
KimberlyUSBoys—too few