Kimberley

Boy · recorded 1949–1974

  • 1974last recorded
  • 1954best year

Most popular in 1954.

Last recorded in 1974. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Kimberley.

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Its story

Popularity since 1949

071319491955196219681974

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 24 recorded years as a table
Kimberley, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19494
19514
19526
19538
195413
19559
19567
19575
19584
19592
19603
19612
19626
19635
19644
19656
19665
19673
19685
19695
19704
19715
19723
19744

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kimberley isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1974
6
Rank in 1974
#4,634
How rare
1 in 262,055 boys
Since 1949
235

Kimberley was last recorded in 1974. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1954, at 13 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Kimberley doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.