Kerem

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Peak · boys
#2,993
2016 · 39 births
Debut · boys
1983
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
658
since 1983

Kerem over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kerem has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,993, 2016boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,65830
2024—#3,10439
2023—#4,00227
2022—#3,53332
2021—#3,24236
2020#12,1427#4,27523
2019—#3,34734
2018—#3,44632
2017—#3,67829
2016—#2,99339
2015—#3,59130
2014—#3,29733
2013—#3,49730
2012—#4,39022
2011—#3,60529
2010—#4,24123
2009—#4,58221
2008—#4,71420
2007—#4,12724
2006—#5,07217
2005—#6,63411
2004—#5,49214
2003—#5,55813
2002—#7,0559
2001—#6,01311
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First appearance
1983

The first year at least five boys were named Kerem! It came in at #5,484, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1984–1998, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Kerem is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedMINew York: #1,760 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,885 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedHITexas: #2,285 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,175 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Kerem, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#1,760 · 1 in 16,885
  2. Texas#2,285 · 1 in 29,175

Best ever in a state: #634 in New Jersey, 2013.

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See more about Kerem
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 554 spots since 2024 (#3,104 → #3,658)
  • 617 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #3,658)
  • 67 spots since 2015 (#3,591 → #3,658)
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1983
  • Peaked 2016 at #2,993 (39 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
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 44,177
  • Highest: 1 in 44,177 boys born in 2024 were named Kerem (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 56,936 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,993 in 2016, was only 1 in 48,660 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 45.7% of all boys named Kerem (301) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s11#5,484 (1983)#6,377
1990s19#6,530 (1999)#7,927
2000s140#4,127 (2007)#5,472
2010s301#2,993 (2016)#3,609
2020s187#3,104 (2024)#3,636

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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