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Baby name
Kimberly
Girl
Origin of the name
Kimberly comes from an English place name, Kimberley. The city of Kimberley in South Africa was named after Lord Kimberley in the 19th century, and the name then became a first name.
Short-lived name
846,393births since 1880
1970sgeneration
No. 3rank at its peak, in 1970
Where babies named Kimberly are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Kimberly is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Kimberly is most common in West Virginia (1.4 times), Delaware (1.4) and Kentucky (1.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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