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Kemberly vs Kemoni

American parents have registered 1,503 Kemberlys since 1880, against 842 Kemonis. But in 2025 it was Kemoni that was commoner, 40 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Kemberly against Kemoni, 1880 to 2025 0 15 30 45 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Kemberly Kemoni

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 71 years in which either name was published, Kemberly for 52 years and Kemoni for 19 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Kemberly Kemoni
Total US births 1,503842
Most in one year 5053
Babies in 2025 under 540
Estimated living today 1,400840
Median age today 4211
Peak year 19682010
Best rank 1,625th girls5,247th girls
Rank in 2025 unranked6,116th
First recorded 19551997
Girls / boys 1,503 / 0440 / 402

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Kemberlys alive today are over 42; half the Kemonis are over 11. That is 31 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Kemberly and Kemoni.