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Kimberley

Girl name

Kimberley has been given to 38,278 babies in the U.S. since 1941. It peaked in 1967.

Meaning & origin /ˈkɪmbəli/

English place name "wood or clearing of Kyneburga (a seventh century female saint)", from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + burh (“fortress”) + lēah (“leigh, clearing”)API.

Origin: surnames, place names

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

38,278

Peak year

1967 (2,008 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1941

10-year trend

▼ -52%

Gender split

99% girls / 1% boys

Famous people named Kimberley

Kim Grant

Ghanaian association football player

Kim Deal

American singer-songwriter; alternative rock musician

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Names with a similar vibe

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Kimberley.

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