Kimberli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KIM-ber-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Kimberli is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “Cyneburg's woodland clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Kimberli mean?
English: spelling of Kimberly, from an English place name
“Cyneburg's woodland clearing”
Kimberly spread after the Boer War siege of Kimberley, the South African town named after Lord Kimberley.
Is Kimberli a girl's or a boy's name?
Kimberli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kimberli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Kimberli, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1968, with 163 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
2025 had fewer girls named Kimberli than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Kimberli in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,080 girls in the US were given Kimberli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #312, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
- Kimberly 1,009
- Kimberlee 29
- Kimberley 21
- Kimberli 9
- Kimberleigh 6
- Kimberlie 6
Kimberli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 61 | #2,886 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,750 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,977 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,313 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,994 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,970 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1991 | 48 | #2,544 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,794 |
| 1989 | 52 | #2,273 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 46 | #2,227 |
| 1985 | 55 | #1,974 |
| 1984 | 37 | #2,514 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,926 |
| 1982 | 57 | #1,873 |
| 1981 | 60 | #1,830 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,785 |
| 1979 | 65 | #1,694 |
| 1978 | 80 | #1,434 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,774 |
| 1976 | 56 | #1,714 |
| 1975 | 72 | #1,439 |
| 1974 | 84 | #1,278 |
| 1973 | 89 | #1,200 |
| 1972 | 107 | #1,073 |
| 1971 | 133 | #957 |
| 1970 | 144 | #910 |
| 1969 | 150 | #845 |
| 1968 | 163 | #783 |
| 1967 | 149 | #815 |
| 1966 | 148 | #817 |
| 1965 | 134 | #862 |
| 1964 | 127 | #932 |
| 1963 | 84 | #1,188 |
| 1962 | 112 | #1,014 |
| 1961 | 88 | #1,175 |
| 1960 | 94 | #1,116 |
| 1959 | 74 | #1,243 |
| 1958 | 58 | #1,394 |
| 1957 | 44 | #1,627 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,716 |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,221 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
Nicknames for Kimberli
Names like Kimberli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noemi Vanessa Melody Heidi Kori Holly Melissa Amber Leilani Melanie Allison Jennifer
Other spellings of Kimberli
Names related to Kimberli
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, “Kimberli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kimberli, updated 20 October 2026.