Kymberli
Feminine · “A spelling of Kimberly”
Kymberli is Kimberly with its i and y traded, a spelling that gives the name a new look. Kimberly is also the name on a company that turned a wartime bandage into the tissue.
How old is the name Kymberli?
Kymberli first appears in US birth records in 1961 — 64 years ago. The typical Kymberli alive today was born around 1990, making them about 35 years old. About 600 people named Kymberli are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kymberli most popular?
Kymberli peaked in 1992, reaching #3503 nationally. See the whole 1992 chart.
Where it comes from
From Kimberley to Kymberli
The story of Kymberli
Kymberli puts the y where Kimberly has an i, and the i where it has a y, keeping every sound the same. During the First World War, Kimberly-Clark, a Wisconsin paper company, made a cotton substitute called cellucotton for bandages and gas-mask filters; afterward it sold the material as Kleenex, a way to remove cold cream, until customers wrote in to say they were using it to blow their noses. Kymberli is one of the spellings American families used.
Meaning
A spelling of Kimberly, from an English place name
Kimberly comes from Kimberley, an English place name. Kymberli swaps the i and the y.
How the name formed
- Kimberley
- Kimberly
- Kymberli
Related forms: Kimberly
Pronouncing Kymberli
KIM-ber-lee
Three syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Kymberli
Moderate
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
- 1961
- Most girls named
- 199231 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3503reached in 1992
- Change vs 2014
- +40.0%7 in 2015, 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.
Kymberli in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kimberly in English — spelling variant
Kymberlis among us
people named Kymberli 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
Kymberli 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
- Sounds like Kimberly, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Kym as a ready short form.
- Distinct on paper.
- Almost everyone will write Kimberly.
- The swapped letters may be read as a slip.
- It sounds like a popular name of its generation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kymberlis 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 Kymberli are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kymberli in 2025?
- Kymberli is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Kymberli with classmates?
- Kymberli will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More K names
The most-given names starting with K, all years combined.
Karen#1279 · Kimberly#302 · Kathleen#1150 · Katherine#186 · Kelly#851 · Kathryn#729 · Kayla#364 · Kathy#3249
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