Fun Facts About the Name Kimberlyn
- More than 3 thousand babies named Kimberlyn: U.S. records list 3,925 babies given the name Kimberlyn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kimberlyn Mean?
Kimberlyn is a modern feminine form of Kimberly. Kimberly comes from the English place name Kimberley, which is Old English in origin. The place name combines the personal name Cyneburg with lēah, "woodland clearing" or "meadow." Cyneburg itself comes from cyne, "royal," and burg, "fortress," so the literal sense of Kimberley is "Cyneburg's woodland clearing."
Popular explanations sometimes simplify this to "royal meadow" or "from the royal forest." Those are customary interpretations rather than exact translations, because the first element is a personal name, not simply the adjective "royal." The -lyn ending in Kimberlyn is not part of the Old English place name; it is a later feminine suffix added to the parent name.
Kimberlyn Name History & Origins
The place name Kimberley appears in several English counties. The Nottinghamshire village of Kimberley is recorded in Domesday Book (1086). Its Old English elements are the personal name Cyneburg and lēah, "woodland clearing" or "meadow." From such places came the English surname Kimberley, spelled in various ways over time. Surnames of this type became fixed in the later Middle Ages, and the name was later carried to North America and other English-speaking countries.
As a given name, Kimberly came into use in the 19th century. It was occasionally given to boys, but it became chiefly a feminine name in the 20th century. A separate famous bearer of the place name is the South African city of Kimberley, founded after the diamond discoveries of the 1870s and named for John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, whose peerage title came from Kimberley, Norfolk. That city's name is related to the same English place-name family, but it did not create the given name.
Kimberlyn is a modern elaboration of Kimberly. It replaces the final -ly of Kimberly with -lyn, a feminine ending common in English names such as Marilyn and Carolyn. The result is a newer variant rather than an older traditional form.
How Popular is the Name Kimberlyn?
Kimberlyn has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1993. Its best rank was #1,179 in 1967.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,807 | 39 | 0.0024% |
| 2024 | #3,418 | 46 | 0.0029% |
| 2023 | #4,694 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2022 | #3,293 | 49 | 0.0030% |
| 2021 | #3,368 | 47 | 0.0029% |
| 2020 | #3,713 | 40 | 0.0025% |
| 2019 | #3,424 | 46 | 0.0027% |
| 2018 | #3,418 | 46 | 0.0027% |
| 2017 | #3,458 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 2016 | #2,607 | 68 | 0.0038% |
| 2015 | #2,181 | 87 | 0.0049% |
| 2014 | #2,336 | 79 | 0.0044% |
| 2013 | #2,163 | 87 | 0.0050% |
| 2012 | #2,696 | 66 | 0.0037% |
| 2011 | #2,208 | 86 | 0.0049% |
| 2010 | #2,372 | 80 | 0.0045% |
| 2009 | #2,386 | 81 | 0.0044% |
| 2008 | #1,957 | 108 | 0.0057% |
| 2007 | #2,139 | 94 | 0.0049% |
| 2006 | #2,091 | 94 | 0.0049% |
| 2005 | #2,353 | 76 | 0.0041% |
| 2004 | #2,943 | 54 | 0.0029% |
| 2003 | #2,513 | 65 | 0.0036% |
| 2002 | #2,538 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 2001 | #2,369 | 67 | 0.0037% |
| 2000 | #2,225 | 71 | 0.0039% |
| 1999 | #2,168 | 70 | 0.0039% |
| 1998 | #1,840 | 84 | 0.0048% |
| 1997 | #1,821 | 82 | 0.0047% |
| 1996 | #1,815 | 81 | 0.0046% |
| 1995 | #1,519 | 103 | 0.0059% |
| 1994 | #1,390 | 118 | 0.0066% |
| 1993 | #1,368 | 121 | 0.0067% |
| 1992 | #2,365 | 55 | 0.0030% |
| 1991 | #2,372 | 54 | 0.0029% |
| 1990 | #3,321 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 1989 | #3,834 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1988 | #4,395 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1987 | #3,918 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1986 | #4,264 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1985 | #3,667 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1984 | #4,073 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1983 | #3,099 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1982 | #4,099 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1981 | #3,181 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1980 | #3,162 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1979 | #3,280 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 1978 | #3,698 | 20 | 0.0013% |
| 1977 | #2,487 | 35 | 0.0023% |
| 1976 | #2,319 | 36 | 0.0025% |
| 1975 | #2,079 | 42 | 0.0029% |
| 1974 | #1,809 | 49 | 0.0033% |
| 1973 | #2,040 | 40 | 0.0027% |
| 1972 | #1,738 | 51 | 0.0034% |
| 1971 | #1,814 | 49 | 0.0029% |
| 1970 | #1,455 | 70 | 0.0040% |
| 1969 | #1,323 | 74 | 0.0044% |
| 1968 | #1,394 | 65 | 0.0040% |
| 1967 | #1,179 | 82 | 0.0050% |
| 1966 | #1,188 | 82 | 0.0048% |
| 1965 | #1,489 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 1964 | #1,364 | 68 | 0.0036% |
| 1963 | #1,379 | 65 | 0.0034% |
| 1962 | #1,619 | 49 | 0.0025% |
| 1961 | #1,507 | 56 | 0.0028% |
| 1960 | #1,803 | 40 | 0.0020% |
| 1959 | #2,173 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1958 | #1,835 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 1957 | #2,138 | 27 | 0.0013% |
| 1956 | #2,076 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1955 | #3,924 | 10 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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