Kern
- Last seen for boys in 2012 at #10,770
- Peak · boys
- 1952 · 21 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 744since 1914
Kern over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kern has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1967 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #1,823 | 20 |
| 1960 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #1,722 | 21 |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #1,677 | 21 |
| 1952 | #1,665 | 21 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Kern! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kern is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kern in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kern
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1952 at #1,665 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 11 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 75,394
- Highest: 1 in 75,394 boys born in 1919 were named Kern (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 316,158 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,665 in 1952, was only 1 in 92,554 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 20.2% of all boys named Kern (150) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 39 | #2,265 (1919) | #3,045 |
| 1920s | 53 | #2,967 (1920) | #3,705 |
| 1930s | 66 | #2,288 (1939) | #2,748 |
| 1940s | 99 | #1,733 (1947) | #2,420 |
| 1950s | 150 | #1,665 (1952) | #2,114 |
| 1960s | 134 | #1,823 (1961) | #2,158 |
| 1970s | 83 | #2,606 (1973) | #3,698 |
| 1980s | 49 | #4,940 (1980) | #5,909 |
| 1990s | 46 | #5,823 (1990) | #7,446 |
| 2000s | 19 | #8,339 (2001) | #9,775 |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,770 (2012) | #10,770 |
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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