Kimerly
Feminine · “A spelling of Kimberly”
Kimerly is Kimberly without its b, a spelling of the name that was everywhere among American girls in the middle of the twentieth century. Its parent name ended up attached to an international agreement about diamonds.
How old is the name Kimerly?
Kimerly first appears in US birth records in 1956 — 69 years ago. The typical Kimerly alive today was born around 1971, making them about 54 years old. About 600 people named Kimerly are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kimerly most popular?
Kimerly peaked in 1967, reaching #2212 nationally. See the whole 1967 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Kimberley to Kimerly
The story of Kimerly
Kimberley, the South African diamond town, gave its name first to boys and then to a great many American girls. In 2003 governments and the diamond industry launched the Kimberley Process, named for a meeting held in the town, to certify that rough diamonds had not been used to finance wars; its critics have long argued it is too narrow. Kimerly, without the b, is a spelling that shows up in the mid-century record; nothing records why it was chosen.
Meaning
A spelling of Kimberly, from the diamond town of Kimberley
Kimberly comes from Kimberley in South Africa, named after the Earl of Kimberley. Kimerly drops the b, and nothing records why.
How the name formed
- Kimberley
- Kimberly
- Kimerly
Related forms: Kimberly
Pronouncing Kimerly
KIM-er-lee
Three syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Kimerly
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1956
- Most girls named
- 196932 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2212reached in 1967
- Change vs 1996
- +20.0%6 in 2001, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kimerly in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kimberly in English — spelling variant
Kimerlys among us
people named Kimerly are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Kimerly sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Close to Kimberly, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Kim as a ready short form.
- Rare in this spelling.
- Almost everyone will add the b.
- It reads as a mid-century name.
- The spelling looks like a slip to many.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kimerlys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Kimerly are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kimerly in 2025?
- Kimerly is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Kimerly will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with K, all years combined.
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