Kimberly
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a unisex given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1960s and the 1970s. Variant spelling of Kimberley.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Kimberly (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Kimberly has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2014. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 10 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 14 |
| 2001 | 12 |
| 2002 | 14 |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2006 | 13 |
| 2007 | 7 |
| 2008 | 9 |
| 2009 | 11 |
| 2010 | 13 |
| 2011 | 10 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2013 | 17 |
| 2014 | 21 |
| 2015 | 16 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2017 | 9 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 200 |
| 2000 | 215 |
| 2001 | 233 |
| 2002 | 257 |
| 2003 | 263 |
| 2004 | 272 |
| 2005 | 281 |
| 2006 | 299 |
| 2007 | 312 |
| 2008 | 328 |
| 2009 | 348 |
| 2010 | 369 |
| 2011 | 383 |
| 2012 | 398 |
| 2013 | 423 |
| 2014 | 456 |
| 2015 | 475 |
| 2016 | 490 |
| 2017 | 500 |
| 2018 | 513 |
| 2019 | 530 |
| 2020 | 532 |
Kimberly in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Kimberly.Hi! My name is Kimberly.
- Har du träffat Kimberly? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Kimberly? She started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Kimberly i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Kimberly this afternoon.
- Kimberlys mamma är lärare.Kimberly's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Kimberlys mamma is Kimberly's mum.
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Questions about Kimberly
How do you pronounce Kimberly in Swedish?
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What does the name Kimberly mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a unisex given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1960s and the 1970s. Variant spelling of Kimberley.
How popular is Kimberly in Sweden?
2 babies were named Kimberly in 2022. In 2020, 532 people in Sweden had Kimberly as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2014 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.