Kimber vs Kimble

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Kimber Kimble

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 100 years in which either name was published, Kimber for 84 years and Kimble for 16 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.

• 1916–1946 Kimble ahead, apart from 2 short spells
• 1947–2025 Kimber ahead, apart from one short spell

11 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

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 Kimbles alive today are over 59; half the Kimbers are over 13. That is 46 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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