Kerri
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #5,452
Given to girls 99.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 1,597 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 37,021since 1945
Kerri over time
Rank among girls' names. Kerri has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #9,457 | 10 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,531 | 31 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,892 | 28 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,465 | 45 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,121 | 36 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,723 | 41 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,203 | 51 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,677 | 43 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,779 | 42 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,289 | 51 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,940 | 58 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,553 | 67 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,155 | 83 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,561 | 123 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,535 | 123 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,458 | 129 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,280 | 151 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,121 | 177 | — | |
| 1998 | #974 | 208 | — | |
| 1997 | #754 | 282 | — | |
| 1996 | #689 | 315 | — | |
| 1995 | #674 | 315 | — | |
| 1994 | #633 | 346 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #607 | 378 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #496 | 488 | — | |
| 1991 | #493 | 484 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #437 | 574 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #442 | 551 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #336 | 731 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #336 | 729 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #307 | 782 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #290 | 854 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #270 | 888 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #275 | 857 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #244 | 1,029 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #244 | 1,024 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #228 | 1,119 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #235 | 1,110 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #208 | 1,222 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #188 | 1,438 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #167 | 1,508 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #166 | 1,597 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #171 | 1,577 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #180 | 1,504 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #190 | 1,501 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #195 | 1,575 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #223 | 1,416 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #242 | 1,240 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #234 | 1,239 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #288 | 879 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #340 | 684 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #371 | 606 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #355 | 702 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #380 | 659 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #409 | 563 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #438 | 508 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #445 | 478 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #490 | 393 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #549 | 313 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #606 | 260 | — | |
| 1956 | #687 | 194 | — | |
| 1955 | #944 | 109 | — | |
| 1954 | #891 | 116 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,137 | 72 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,351 | 51 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,434 | 43 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kerri! It came in at #3,676, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1945–1948, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
Where Kerri is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Rhode Island#25 · 1 in 116
- Massachusetts#67 · 1 in 282
- New Hampshire#119 · 1 in 521
- West Virginia#138 · 1 in 655
- Nebraska#141 · 1 in 655
Best ever in a state: #15 in Rhode Island, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #25 | 37 | 1 in 116 |
| Massachusetts | #67 | 105 | 1 in 282 |
| New Hampshire | #119 | 9 | 1 in 521 |
| West Virginia | #138 | 18 | 1 in 655 |
| Nebraska | #141 | 15 | 1 in 655 |
| Alabama | #143 | 34 | 1 in 640 |
| New Jersey | #145 | 51 | 1 in 711 |
| Iowa | #146 | 25 | 1 in 744 |
| Connecticut | #157 | 18 | 1 in 788 |
| Arkansas | #163 | 16 | 1 in 786 |
| Kansas | #165 | 18 | 1 in 746 |
| New York | #165 | 119 | 1 in 826 |
| South Dakota | #165 | 6 | 1 in 708 |
| South Carolina | #166 | 24 | 1 in 711 |
| Missouri | #172 | 35 | 1 in 876 |
| Colorado | #179 | 20 | 1 in 865 |
| Wisconsin | #182 | 26 | 1 in 1,114 |
| Maine | #189 | 6 | 1 in 986 |
| Washington | #190 | 23 | 1 in 998 |
| Indiana | #194 | 32 | 1 in 1,087 |
| Oklahoma | #197 | 19 | 1 in 895 |
| Georgia | #201 | 33 | 1 in 977 |
| Michigan | #207 | 48 | 1 in 1,199 |
| Ohio | #210 | 56 | 1 in 1,231 |
| Kentucky | #214 | 21 | 1 in 1,138 |
| Maryland | #215 | 16 | 1 in 1,141 |
| Minnesota | #217 | 20 | 1 in 1,327 |
| Pennsylvania | #232 | 47 | 1 in 1,404 |
| Illinois | #240 | 51 | 1 in 1,390 |
| Tennessee | #253 | 19 | 1 in 1,467 |
| Louisiana | #255 | 23 | 1 in 1,196 |
| Virginia | #262 | 18 | 1 in 1,547 |
| Idaho | #269 | 5 | 1 in 1,337 |
| Utah | #280 | 10 | 1 in 1,516 |
| Mississippi | #284 | 11 | 1 in 1,394 |
| Florida | #290 | 25 | 1 in 1,761 |
| Arizona | #291 | 11 | 1 in 1,489 |
| North Carolina | #307 | 16 | 1 in 2,023 |
| Oregon | #315 | 8 | 1 in 1,931 |
| Texas | #318 | 58 | 1 in 1,783 |
| California | #484 | 50 | 1 in 3,067 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kerri
- 3,063 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #9,457)
- 2,245 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #9,457)
- 3,421 spots since 2015 (#6,036 → #9,457)
- Biggest jump: 257 spots in 1956 (#944 → #687)
- Biggest drop: 220 spots in 1998 (#754 → #974)
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1975 at #166 (1,597 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1954–1998
- Highest: 1 in 913 girls born in 1975 were named Kerri (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 39.0% of all girls named Kerri (14,448) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 45 | #2,620 (1949) | #3,664 |
| 1950s | 1,572 | #490 (1959) | #1,021 |
| 1960s | 7,558 | #234 (1968) | #350 |
| 1970s | 14,448 | #166 (1975) | #192 |
| 1980s | 8,564 | #228 (1980) | #297 |
| 1990s | 3,567 | #437 (1990) | #688 |
| 2000s | 870 | #1,280 (2000) | #2,423 |
| 2010s | 322 | #3,203 (2010) | #4,705 |
| 2020s | 75 | #6,394 (2024) | #8,644 |
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.
Kerri in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 1,254 of them was named Kerri, which outranked 98.2% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 109,456 of them was named Kerri, which outranked 58.6% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,669Yechiel16
- #2,669Zoran16
- #2,669Zuri16
- #2,799Kerri15
- #2,799Aloysius15
- #2,799Alpha15
- #2,799Americo15
- #2,929Adolphus14
- #2,929Agustine14
- #2,929Alim14
Tied with 129 names at #2,799; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.