Feminine dossier · first seen 1933

Kimberly

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kimberly
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.2% from peak

Peak era

1970

Peak rank proxy

34,133

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen X

1933Peak 19702024

Peak year

1970

Decline from peak

96.2%

2024

1,285

All-time

845,374

Kimberly once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1970, when 34,133 girls were named Kimberly.

In 2024, only 1,285 girls were given the name.

Down 96.2% from its peak.

All told, about 845,374 Americans have been named Kimberly and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1933.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.2% from peak

In 1970:34,133 girls named Kimberly

In 2024:1,285 girls named Kimberly

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