Given name & surname
Kember
“a fun-loving woman”
Kember is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a fun-loving woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a fun-loving woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kember through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 237
- 0 boys · 237 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −52%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 267 as a first name in 2020; 103 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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