Kimberlee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KIM-ber-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Kimberlee is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “Cyneburg's clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Kimberlee mean?
English: spelling of Kimberly, itself a spelling of Kimberley
“Cyneburg's clearing”
Spelling of Kimberley, from an English place name that also gave its name to the South African diamond town.
Meaning borrowed from Kimberly. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kimberlee a girl's or a boy's name?
Kimberlee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kimberlee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,660th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Kimberlee, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 576 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
2025 had more girls named Kimberlee than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Kimberlee in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,080 girls in the US were given Kimberlee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #312, up from #4,660 for this spelling alone.
- Kimberly 1,009
- Kimberlee 29
- Kimberley 21
- Kimberli 9
- Kimberleigh 6
- Kimberlie 6
Kimberlee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 35 | #4,146 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 63 | #2,773 |
| 2014 | 65 | #2,681 |
| 2013 | 77 | #2,364 |
| 2012 | 56 | #3,005 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,663 |
| 2010 | 70 | #2,589 |
| 2009 | 78 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 82 | #2,354 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,647 |
| 2006 | 71 | #2,555 |
| 2005 | 89 | #2,087 |
| 2004 | 85 | #2,115 |
| 2003 | 105 | #1,785 |
| 2002 | 100 | #1,789 |
| 2001 | 117 | #1,584 |
| 2000 | 133 | #1,393 |
| 1999 | 158 | #1,204 |
| 1998 | 140 | #1,283 |
| 1997 | 156 | #1,173 |
| 1996 | 188 | #996 |
| 1995 | 191 | #980 |
| 1994 | 223 | #876 |
| 1993 | 239 | #825 |
| 1992 | 228 | #863 |
| 1991 | 247 | #828 |
| 1990 | 295 | #708 |
| 1989 | 264 | #745 |
| 1988 | 276 | #695 |
| 1987 | 277 | #671 |
| 1986 | 272 | #677 |
| 1985 | 234 | #737 |
| 1984 | 256 | #670 |
| 1983 | 302 | #590 |
| 1982 | 320 | #574 |
| 1981 | 333 | #558 |
| 1980 | 372 | #517 |
| 1979 | 363 | #525 |
| 1978 | 337 | #535 |
| 1977 | 348 | #527 |
| 1976 | 342 | #520 |
| 1975 | 357 | #501 |
| 1974 | 355 | #495 |
| 1973 | 418 | #448 |
| 1972 | 461 | #420 |
| 1971 | 487 | #429 |
| 1970 | 576 | #404 |
| 1969 | 572 | #395 |
| 1968 | 502 | #420 |
| 1967 | 488 | #422 |
| 1966 | 507 | #411 |
| 1965 | 482 | #428 |
| 1964 | 491 | #441 |
| 1963 | 452 | #457 |
| 1962 | 478 | #440 |
| 1961 | 446 | #464 |
| 1960 | 414 | #482 |
| 1959 | 395 | #488 |
| 1958 | 351 | #515 |
| 1957 | 412 | #466 |
| 1956 | 347 | #503 |
| 1955 | 301 | #527 |
| 1954 | 150 | #759 |
| 1953 | 94 | #987 |
| 1952 | 63 | #1,194 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,804 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,910 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,273 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,415 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
Nicknames for Kimberlee
- Kim 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kimberlee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melody, Melanie, Vanessa, Holly, Stephanie, Valerie, Michelle, Nicole, Paige, Allison, Jennifer, Melissa
Other spellings of Kimberlee
Names related to Kimberlee
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Kimberlee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kimberlee, updated 20 October 2026.