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

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Peak · girls
1975 · 1,597 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
37,021
since 1945

Kerri over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kerri has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #166, 1975girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,45710—
2024#6,39418—
2023#8,05513—
2022#8,54212—
2021#12,2067—
2020#7,21215—
2019#6,17619—
2018#6,52118—
2017#4,38432—
2016#4,53131—
2015#6,03621—
2014#4,89228—
2013#3,46545—
2012#4,12136—
2011#3,72341—
2010#3,20351—
2009#3,67743—
2008#3,77942—
2007#3,28951—
2006#2,94058—
2005#2,55367—
2004#2,15583—
2003#1,561123—
2002#1,535123—
2001#1,458129—
2000#1,280151—
1999#1,121177—
1998#974208—
1997#754282—
1996#689315—
1995#674315—
1994#633346#5,45210
1993#607378#7,6386
1992#496488—
1991#493484#4,47612
1990#437574#5,3829
1989#442551#7,9055
1988#336731#4,16211
1987#336729#6,0896
1986#307782#3,13115
1985#290854#4,3339
1984#270888#3,70111
1983#275857#2,91215
1982#2441,029#2,70917
1981#2441,024#5,4686
1980#2281,119#4,9407
1979#2351,110#3,35712
1978#2081,222#2,79915
1977#1881,438#4,1648
1976#1671,508#4,0128
1975#1661,597#2,28819
1974#1711,577#3,31810
1973#1801,504#2,71613
1972#1901,501#3,9637
1971#1951,575#2,55814
1970#2231,416#2,39915
1969#2421,240#2,04617
1968#2341,239#4,1365
1967#288879#3,5596
1966#340684#3,5376
1965#371606#2,9828
1964#355702#4,0395
1963#380659#2,8589
1962#409563#3,3057
1961#438508#3,3567
1960#445478#3,3377
1959#490393#3,9885
1958#549313#3,5596
1957#606260—
1956#687194—
1955#944109—
1954#891116—
1953#1,13772—
1952#1,35151—
1951#1,43443—
1950#2,12121—
1949#2,62015—
1948#3,5939—
1947#4,7646—
1946#3,6658—
1945#3,6767—
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First appearance
1945

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 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedMEVermont: #132 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 546 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #169 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 876 girlsNHWashington: #395 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,727 girlsWAIdaho: #194 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 911 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #429 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,995 girlsMNIllinois: #444 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,308 girlsILWisconsin: #253 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,906 girlsWIMichigan: #222 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,534 girlsMINew York: #183 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 1,050 girlsNYMassachusetts: #66 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 325 girlsMARhode Island: #61 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 237 girlsRIOregon: #329 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,997 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #164 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 736 girlsSDIowa: #170 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 919 girlsIAIndiana: #205 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,252 girlsINOhio: #335 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,649 girlsOHPennsylvania: #235 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 1,544 girlsPANew Jersey: #222 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,366 girlsNJConnecticut: #232 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,437 girlsCTCalifornia: #614 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 4,693 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedUTColorado: #405 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,726 girlsCONebraska: #308 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,063 girlsNEMissouri: #295 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,128 girlsMOKentucky: #406 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,218 girlsKYWest Virginia: #165 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 892 girlsWVVirginia: #314 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,199 girlsVAMaryland: #267 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,733 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedNMKansas: #268 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,727 girlsKSArkansas: #202 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,079 girlsARTennessee: #268 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,724 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #310 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,225 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #342 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,220 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #226 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,284 girlsOKLouisiana: #307 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,810 girlsLAMississippi: #174 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 847 girlsMSAlabama: #230 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,280 girlsALGeorgia: #312 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,065 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedHITexas: #414 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 2,730 girlsTXFlorida: #302 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,029 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#61 · 1 in 237
  2. Massachusetts#66 · 1 in 325
  3. Vermont#132 · 1 in 546
  4. South Dakota#164 · 1 in 736
  5. West Virginia#165 · 1 in 892

Best ever in a state: #15 in Rhode Island, 1975.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#61201 in 237
Massachusetts#661011 in 325
Vermont#13251 in 546
South Dakota#16461 in 736
West Virginia#165121 in 892
New Hampshire#16961 in 876
Iowa#170201 in 919
Mississippi#174181 in 847
New York#183981 in 1,050
Idaho#19471 in 911
Arkansas#202121 in 1,079
Indiana#205271 in 1,252
Michigan#222361 in 1,534
New Jersey#222281 in 1,366
Oklahoma#226171 in 1,284
Alabama#230171 in 1,280
Connecticut#232111 in 1,437
Pennsylvania#235441 in 1,544
Wisconsin#253161 in 1,906
Maryland#267131 in 1,733
Kansas#26891 in 1,727
Tennessee#268161 in 1,724
Missouri#295151 in 2,128
Florida#302291 in 2,029
Louisiana#307171 in 1,810
Nebraska#30851 in 2,063
North Carolina#310151 in 2,225
Georgia#312171 in 2,065
Virginia#314141 in 2,199
Oregon#32981 in 1,997
Ohio#335261 in 2,649
South Carolina#34281 in 2,220
Washington#395101 in 2,727
Colorado#40581 in 2,726
Kentucky#40671 in 3,218
Texas#414471 in 2,730
Minnesota#42971 in 3,995
Illinois#444221 in 3,308
California#614401 in 4,693
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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 1975 at #166 (1,597 births)
  • Births halved by 1986, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1954–1998
Share of babies · girls
1 in 913
  • Highest: 1 in 913 girls born in 1975 were named Kerri (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 39.0% of all girls named Kerri (14,448) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s45#2,620 (1949)#3,664
1950s1,572#490 (1959)#1,021
1960s7,558#234 (1968)#350
1970s14,448#166 (1975)#192
1980s8,564#228 (1980)#297
1990s3,567#437 (1990)#688
2000s870#1,280 (2000)#2,423
2010s322#3,203 (2010)#4,705
2020s75#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 1983

girls
#275
857 births · 1 in 1,949 girls
boys
#2,912
15 births · 1 in 119,504 boys

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #275Kerri857

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #2,912Kerri15
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 1,949 of them was named Kerri, which outranked 97.7% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kerri
  1. #271Shauna863
  2. #273Esther860
  3. #274Mayra858
  4. #275Kerri857
  5. #275Claire857
  6. #277Traci845
  7. #278Helen844
  8. #279Leticia842

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,772Ciji#7,469 → #697
  2. ↑ 6,751Kirby#7,469 → #718
  3. ↑ 2,656Dwan#3,530 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,888Mallory#2,220 → #332
  5. ↑ 987Marquita#1,099 → #112
Fallers
  1. ↓ 656Syreeta#717 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 572Jenilee#817 → #1,389
  3. ↓ 538Tenika#947 → #1,485
  4. ↓ 396Toccara#541 → #937
  5. ↓ 333Venus#950 → #1,283

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

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 119,504 of them was named Kerri, which outranked 60.3% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kerri
  1. #2,787Yves16
  2. #2,787Zavier16
  3. #2,787Zeth16
  4. #2,912Kerri15
  5. #2,912Adriana15
  6. #2,912Adriano15
  7. #2,912Agustine15
  8. #3,071Abdulaziz14
  9. #3,071Adel14
  10. #3,071Adron14

Tied with 158 names at #2,912; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,260Remington#3,108 → #848
  2. ↑ 2,159Trumaine#3,108 → #949
  3. ↑ 1,157Akeem#1,774 → #617
  4. ↑ 738Jacoby#1,654 → #916
  5. ↑ 655Deven#1,622 → #967
Fallers
  1. ↓ 284Marcello#969 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 275Schuyler#845 → #1,120
  3. ↓ 273Jessy#917 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 258Kennith#981 → #1,239
  5. ↓ 220Jarrad#933 → #1,153

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

See the top 100 for 1983 →