Kera

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births

Peak · girls
1982 · 128 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,458
since 1961

Kera over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kera has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #1,099, 1982girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,9178
2024#10,2719
2023#12,1977
2022#11,2318
2021#7,25015
2020#7,96913
2019#6,41418
2018#5,45423
2017#5,51723
2016#5,13026
2015#5,65323
2014#4,35033
2013#4,88728
2012#4,38733
2011#3,55044
2010#3,04455
2009#2,56872
2008#2,58472
2007#2,23188
2006#2,01698
2005#1,95098
2004#2,17582
2003#2,09284
2002#2,67357
2001#2,15176
2000#2,10377
1999#1,96280
1998#1,92179
1997#1,75786
1996#2,28258
1995#2,00668
1994#1,60894
1993#1,70887
1992#1,448110
1991#1,70286
1990#1,75583
1989#1,435103
1988#1,354105
1987#1,302106
1986#1,40591
1985#1,163122
1984#1,133121
1983#1,27297
1982#1,099128
1981#1,83060
1980#2,01452
1979#2,38739
1978#2,74130
1977#2,34138
1976#1,93646
1975#1,155100
1974#1,39973
1973#2,50629
1972#3,40418
1971#3,37319
1970#3,31119
1969#3,61915
1968#4,7799
1967#6,8045
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1965#4,8318
1964#6,0096
1963#5,8916
1962#5,8606
1961#5,8516
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First appearance
1961

The first year at least five girls were named Kera! It came in at #5,851, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1966–1967, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kera is popular in 1975

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,039 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,613 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedWIMichigan: #742 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,959 girlsMINew York: #945 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,255 girlsNYMassachusetts: #553 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,876 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedINOhio: #890 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,556 girlsOHPennsylvania: #498 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,646 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedHITexas: #1,324 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,953 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Kera, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Pennsylvania#498 · 1 in 4,646
  2. Massachusetts#553 · 1 in 5,876
  3. Michigan#742 · 1 in 7,959
  4. Ohio#890 · 1 in 11,556
  5. New York#945 · 1 in 9,255

Best ever in a state: #498 in Pennsylvania, 1975.

Show every state
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Pennsylvania#498141 in 4,646
Massachusetts#55351 in 5,876
Michigan#74271 in 7,959
Ohio#89061 in 11,556
New York#945111 in 9,255
Illinois#1,03961 in 11,613
Texas#1,32461 in 15,953
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See more about Kera
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 646 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #10,917)
  • 2,948 spots since 2020 (#7,969 → #10,917)
  • 5,264 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1961
  • Peaked 1982 at #1,099 (128 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,229
  • Highest: 1 in 13,229 girls born in 1982 were named Kera (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 28.5% of all girls named Kera (985) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s61#3,619 (1969)#5,456
1970s411#1,155 (1975)#2,455
1980s985#1,099 (1982)#1,401
1990s831#1,448 (1992)#1,815
2000s804#1,950 (2005)#2,254
2010s306#3,044 (2010)#4,839
2020s60#7,250 (2021)#9,973

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kera in 1975

girls
#1,155
100 births · 1 in 14,579 girls

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #1,155Kera100
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 14,579 of them was named Kera, which outranked 89.1% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kera
  1. #1,145Petra101
  2. #1,145Robbin101
  3. #1,145Shandra101
  4. #1,155Kera100
  5. #1,155Gillian100
  6. #1,155Jacquline100
  7. #1,155Marcela100
  8. #1,162Brigitte99
  9. #1,162Britt99
  10. #1,162Glenna99

Tied with 6 names at #1,155; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,732Pepper#2,683 → #951
  2. ↑ 1,666Mandie#2,396 → #730
  3. ↑ 1,140Tiana#1,772 → #632
  4. ↑ 779Lacy#1,486 → #707
  5. ↑ 719Lacey#1,284 → #565
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Nia#672 → #1,119
  2. ↓ 429Alethea#716 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 404Cicely#608 → #1,012
  4. ↓ 307Elaina#994 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 303Cristin#938 → #1,241

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1975 →