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Re: Kimberly
Yeah, I'm surprised Kimberly is still in the top 200 today. I kind of figured it was at least out of the top 500 now! The only Kimberly I know is my aunt who is nearly 60, so I associate it with that generation (late Boomers / early Gen X). It's still a great name, though, IMO.*previously posted as sunmitseeker*
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Kimberly is, for some reason, used by Spanish speaking parents. You can verify this if you look at the SSA's state data-- its in the top 100 in states with more Spanish speakers (Texas, New Mexico, California) and doesn't chart in most other states.

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See, I assumed that as well.I work at a school with a 90%+ Latino population, so I searched my school's database and we have zero Kimberlys in our 800 students - even the middle and high schools we feed into (over 5000 students between them) have only 6 Kimberlys between them. Maybe it's being used mostly by Mexican immigrants, as opposed to the Puerto Rican and Cuban population of Florida?
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It is not in Florida's top 100 and hasn't been since 2011, so yeah, it might be Mexican immigrants. I actually only know this because Cleveland Kent Evans said something about it a few years ago, so I don't have any further detail.
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Spanish usageThat is really interesting! It's not intuitively pronounceable in Spanish at all.

This message was edited 2/12/2018, 5:30 PM

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