A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Kimberly
buoyant · analog · laminated
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenThe name traces to an English place name meaning a woodland clearing belonging to Cyneburg, an Old English personal name. It crossed the Atlantic as a surname before registering as a given name in 1933. By the late 1960s, the titled British place name had been fully naturalized into American subdivisions.
Also answers toKim, Kimmy, Kimmie
Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1933–2025
SSA Data 1933 peak: 34,243 souls, A.D. 1970 2025
2025: 1,009 born, falling ↘
Estimated Age
48 yrs
Most Kimberlys were born around 1970 — remembers life before email.
Peak Reign
1970
№3 that year
Generation
Gen X, 48%
then Millennial 23% · Boomer 16%
Rarity
Top 100 all-time
≈851K ever born · now falling
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Kimberly grew up with
SSA Datamood rings·Schoolhouse Rock·Star Wars opening weekend
Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Kimberly peaked in 1970.
Estimated average age: 48.
What people think
Opinion LedgerAwaiting human data — cast the first votes.
Kimberly sounds like someone born in —
Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates
AI Seed · Votes Override at n=30 Vintage Modern
Formal Casual
Soft Strong
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In your mind, Kimberly sounds more like a —
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Public Opinion Ledger
Ledger Opens Soon
The public has not yet weighed in on Kimberly. Early ballots carry the most weight.
* Early ballots — fewer than 30 cast so far. The ledger settles at 30.
First Impressions
AI-WrittenThe average bearer is forty-eight years old, placing her squarely in the middle of Generation X. The name held the national number three spot in 1970, when around thirty-four thousand newborns received it in a single year. By 2025, annual births had quietly receded to 1,009. A Kimberly tends to be pictured signing a school permission slip with a blue ballpoint pen while the station wagon idles in the driveway.
Field Notes
AI-WrittenField Note 01
The name first entered the federal record in 1933, lingering in near-total obscurity for three decades before climbing into the top ten.
Field Note 02
Generation X accounts for forty-eight percent of all living bearers, concentrating the name heavily inside school yearbooks from the mid-1970s through the 1980s.
Field Note 03
With about 851,000 total births on record, it stands as the fifty-eighth most common American name, almost entirely given to girls.
Notable Kimberlys
AI-WrittenKimberly Eliseactress, b. 1967
Kimberly Peircefilm director, b. 1967
Kimberly Williams-Paisleyactress, b. 1971
Ephemera — If Kimberly were a…
AI-WrittenCity
Irvine, California
Color
Harvest gold
Job
Middle school guidance counselor
Artifact
A three-ring binder covered in clear contact paper
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