# Kimberly (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kimberly/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | [ˈkʰɪmbɚli], 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kimberley |
| US babies named this | 850,666 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,273 / 846,393 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,424, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant spelling of Kimberley.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,812 | 67 |
| 2012 | 3,317 | 88 |
| 2013 | 3,105 | 101 |
| 2014 | 2,902 | 107 |
| 2015 | 2,843 | 108 |
| 2016 | 2,332 | 133 |
| 2017 | 1,840 | 164 |
| 2018 | 1,705 | 173 |
| 2019 | 1,537 | 196 |
| 2020 | 1,560 | 186 |
| 2021 | 1,351 | 221 |
| 2022 | 1,392 | 211 |
| 2023 | 1,338 | 222 |
| 2024 | 1,286 | 247 |
| 2025 | 1,009 | 303 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10 | 6,610 |
| 2001 | 11 | 6,256 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8,102 |
| 2003 | 16 | 4,942 |
| 2004 | 20 | 4,352 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8,744 |
| 2006 | 12 | 6,704 |
| 2007 | 16 | 5,572 |
| 2008 | 15 | 5,943 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,490 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,878 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,184 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,481 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,530 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,520 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 52 | 738 |
| 2012 | 46 | 825 |
| 2013 | 58 | 684 |
| 2014 | 46 | 832 |
| 2015 | 37 | 965 |
| 2016 | 38 | 955 |
| 2017 | 37 | 982 |
| 2018 | 31 | 1,111 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,389 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,397 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,569 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 33 | 1,036 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 金伯利
- Esperanto: Kimberli
- Hebrew: קימברלי
- Japanese: キンバリー
- Russian: Ки́мберли

## People named Kimberly

- Kimberly Wyatt, American dancer and choreographer
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actor and film director
- Kimberly Elise, actress
- Kimberly Guilfoyle, American attorney and political campaign advisor (born 1969)
- Kimberly Matula, American actress
- Kimberly Kane, American pornographic actress
- Kimberly Hill, American volleyball player
- Kimberly Birrell, Australian female tennis player
- Kimberly Beck, American actress
- Kimberly Peirce, American film director
- Kimberly Brooks, American voice actress
- Kimberly Bryant, African American electrical engineer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.