Kimber
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #936 for girls
Kimber is a girls' name of Old English origin, meaning “royal”. In 2025 it ranked 936th for girls in the US (278 babies).
What does Kimber mean?
Old English
“royal”
A female given name from Old English of modern usage, transferred back from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kimber a girl's or a boy's name?
Kimber is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 278 girls and 15 boys in the US.
How popular is Kimber in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #936among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 278about 1 in 5,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 278 girls in the US were named Kimber, making it the 936th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 685th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 516 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951. 15 boys were also named Kimber in 2025 (5,859th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kimber than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Kimber in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 57% of the babies named Kimber in the US in 1953, and 95% in 2025.
Kimber in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 278 | #936 |
| 2024 | 292 | #908 |
| 2023 | 304 | #883 |
| 2022 | 367 | #775 |
| 2021 | 426 | #682 |
| 2020 | 415 | #685 |
| 2019 | 508 | #598 |
| 2018 | 509 | #599 |
| 2017 | 501 | #602 |
| 2016 | 516 | #592 |
| 2015 | 453 | #629 |
| 2014 | 456 | #627 |
| 2013 | 430 | #665 |
| 2012 | 344 | #790 |
| 2011 | 261 | #981 |
| 2010 | 263 | #969 |
| 2009 | 245 | #1,054 |
| 2008 | 185 | #1,331 |
| 2007 | 196 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 161 | #1,403 |
| 2005 | 102 | #1,893 |
| 2004 | 77 | #2,261 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 58 | #2,639 |
| 2001 | 61 | #2,508 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,066 |
| 1999 | 67 | #2,219 |
| 1998 | 66 | #2,161 |
| 1997 | 80 | #1,842 |
| 1996 | 80 | #1,824 |
| 1995 | 106 | #1,489 |
| 1994 | 152 | #1,163 |
| 1993 | 123 | #1,343 |
| 1992 | 135 | #1,262 |
| 1991 | 166 | #1,084 |
| 1990 | 188 | #979 |
| 1989 | 180 | #965 |
| 1988 | 239 | #788 |
| 1987 | 142 | #1,075 |
| 1986 | 88 | #1,447 |
| 1985 | 79 | #1,535 |
| 1984 | 64 | #1,703 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,857 |
| 1982 | 46 | #2,185 |
| 1981 | 47 | #2,158 |
| 1980 | 48 | #2,128 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,387 |
| 1978 | 50 | #1,938 |
| 1977 | 38 | #2,341 |
| 1976 | 43 | #2,027 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,516 |
| 1974 | 41 | #2,029 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,805 |
| 1972 | 67 | #1,448 |
| 1971 | 58 | #1,613 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,544 |
| 1969 | 66 | #1,440 |
| 1968 | 70 | #1,324 |
| 1967 | 67 | #1,336 |
| 1966 | 63 | #1,385 |
| 1965 | 85 | #1,156 |
| 1964 | 98 | #1,103 |
| 1963 | 73 | #1,290 |
| 1962 | 79 | #1,234 |
| 1961 | 76 | #1,267 |
| 1960 | 75 | #1,265 |
| 1959 | 74 | #1,243 |
| 1958 | 58 | #1,394 |
| 1957 | 59 | #1,375 |
| 1956 | 52 | #1,469 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,977 |
| 1954 | 21 | #2,377 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,594 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
Names like Kimber
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ember Winter Piper Carter Summer Harper Kendall Gia Mia Scarlett Giselle Kelsey
Names related to Kimber
More Old English names
Alfie Edward Teddy Waylon Alfred Audrey Edith Wilfred Ozzy Edie Eddie Edwin Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kimber: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kimber, updated 20 October 2026.