Kimberly: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced KIM-ber-lee · 3 syllables

Kimberly means “royal fortress meadow”, from English.

Variant spelling of Kimberley.

How popular is Kimberly?

Kimberly was the #302 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,009 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 60% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1960.

Babies named Kimberly in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1960).

Half of US adults named Kimberly are older than 53; most are between 25 and 67. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Kimberly have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Kimberly means “royal fortress meadow”. It comes from English.

Kimberly is pronounced KIM-ber-lee.

Kimberly was the #302 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,009 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 60% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1960.

Half of US adults named Kimberly are older than 53. Most are between 25 and 67.