Kimberlie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KIM-ber-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Kimberlie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “Cyneburg's woodland clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Kimberlie mean?
English: spelling of Kimberly, from an English place name
“Cyneburg's woodland clearing”
A spelling of Kimberly, from the South African town of Kimberley, named after Lord Kimberley.
Is Kimberlie a girl's or a boy's name?
Kimberlie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kimberlie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Kimberlie, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 147 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Kimberlie in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,080 girls in the US were given Kimberlie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #312, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
- Kimberly 1,009
- Kimberlee 29
- Kimberley 21
- Kimberli 9
- Kimberleigh 6
- Kimberlie 6
Kimberlie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 45 | #2,730 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 50 | #2,484 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1991 | 49 | #2,513 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,518 |
| 1989 | 45 | #2,522 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 39 | #2,570 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,115 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,808 |
| 1984 | 37 | #2,514 |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,309 |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,220 |
| 1981 | 58 | #1,867 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,833 |
| 1979 | 73 | #1,569 |
| 1978 | 71 | #1,546 |
| 1977 | 68 | #1,576 |
| 1976 | 82 | #1,316 |
| 1975 | 85 | #1,301 |
| 1974 | 113 | #1,048 |
| 1973 | 115 | #1,015 |
| 1972 | 115 | #1,017 |
| 1971 | 122 | #1,015 |
| 1970 | 147 | #894 |
| 1969 | 130 | #932 |
| 1968 | 140 | #865 |
| 1967 | 118 | #941 |
| 1966 | 130 | #879 |
| 1965 | 134 | #862 |
| 1964 | 109 | #1,032 |
| 1963 | 103 | #1,056 |
| 1962 | 96 | #1,110 |
| 1961 | 88 | #1,175 |
| 1960 | 76 | #1,252 |
| 1959 | 64 | #1,336 |
| 1958 | 63 | #1,332 |
| 1957 | 59 | #1,375 |
| 1956 | 55 | #1,412 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,690 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
Nicknames for Kimberlie
Names like Kimberlie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melanie Stephanie Valerie Vanessa Melody Natalie Jamie Holly Leslie Melissa Michelle Amber
Other spellings of Kimberlie
Names related to Kimberlie
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, “Kimberlie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kimberlie, updated 20 October 2026.