Given name
Kimberli
“of the royal fortress”
Kimberli is a variant of Kimberly. One English interpretation is “of the royal fortress.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kimberli is a variant of Kimberly. One English interpretation is “of the royal fortress.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kimberli is a variant of Kimberly. An origin associated with Kimberly is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kimberli through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,942
- 0 boys · 3,942 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 163 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,520 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +76%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,520 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 163 in 1968. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,452 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kimberli’s family of names
Kimberli has a related form in Kimberly. In Esperanto usage, Kimberli has a conventional equivalent in the English form Kimberly.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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