Kerby
- Last seen for girls in 1997 at #9,802
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to boys 87.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1961 · 26 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 884since 1942
Kerby over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | — | #3,246 | 20 | |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #2,684 | 19 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #2,493 | 19 |
| 1982 | — | #2,518 | 19 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,826 | 14 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,637 | 15 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,799 | 13 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,771 | 25 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,916 | 22 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,711 | 21 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,205 | 14 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,570 | 26 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,910 | 18 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,916 | 18 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,886 | 18 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,287 | 12 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,662 | 9 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
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| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
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| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
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First appearance
1942
The first year at least five boys were named Kerby! It came in at #2,386, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1943–1944, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kerby is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kerby in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kerby
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,070 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #12,008)
- 14 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #12,008)
- 78 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1961 at #1,570 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 64,864
- Highest: 1 in 64,864 boys born in 1972 were named Kerby (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,570 in 1961, was only 1 in 81,700 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 19.5% of all boys named Kerby (172) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1993
- Mostly girls until 1992, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 31 | #2,386 (1942) | #2,811 |
| 1950s | 129 | #1,886 (1956) | #2,354 |
| 1960s | 172 | #1,570 (1961) | #1,996 |
| 1970s | 147 | #1,771 (1972) | #2,836 |
| 1980s | 134 | #2,493 (1983) | #3,244 |
| 1990s | 133 | #3,246 (1993) | #4,608 |
| 2000s | 88 | #5,667 (2001) | #7,194 |
| 2010s | 28 | #10,728 (2013) | #11,319 |
| 2020s | 22 | #10,863 (2022) | #11,458 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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