Kerrie

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to girls 98.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1975 · 397 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,589
since 1944

Kerrie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kerrie has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #469, 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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2013#13,1507—
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2011#14,8246—
2010#12,2768—
2009#13,7047—
2008#9,47612—
2007#8,09815—
2006#9,28612—
2005#10,12810—
2004#9,89210—
2003#6,05519—
2002#4,90624—
2001#5,36421—
2000#3,52737—
1999#2,93545—
1998#3,35336—
1997#2,77644—
1996#2,67246—
1995#2,55249—
1994#2,04768—
1993#2,09065#8,7005
1992#1,81879—
1991#1,463108—
1990#1,493104—
1989#1,239128—
1988#1,230121—
1987#1,162126#6,9515
1986#958164#4,13010
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1984#855179#4,9737
1983#959152—
1982#928162#6,3855
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1979#677254#6,0565
1978#705224—
1977#593291—
1976#511347#3,47110
1975#469397#3,07812
1974#489359#5,2275
1973#510335#5,1015
1972#472382#4,9865
1971#474419#4,3756
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1969#534342#4,4045
1968#555306—
1967#616238#2,7609
1966#776160#3,9485
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1962#859151#4,0335
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First appearance
1944

The first year at least five girls were named Kerrie! It came in at #3,687, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2012, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Kerrie is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,232 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,181 girlsILWisconsin: #399 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,621 girlsWIMichigan: #645 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,394 girlsMINew York: #806 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 7,023 girlsNYMassachusetts: #312 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,281 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedRIOregon: #454 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,089 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #591 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,799 girlsINOhio: #803 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,851 girlsOHPennsylvania: #509 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,715 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #965 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 9,019 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #642 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,131 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #321 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,359 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedVAMaryland: #277 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,660 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedARTennessee: #621 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,573 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #505 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,410 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #482 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,401 girlsOKLouisiana: #771 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,503 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedMSAlabama: #567 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,350 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedHITexas: #813 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,893 girlsTXFlorida: #759 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,289 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maryland#277 · 1 in 1,660
  2. Massachusetts#312 · 1 in 2,281
  3. West Virginia#321 · 1 in 2,359
  4. Wisconsin#399 · 1 in 3,621
  5. Oregon#454 · 1 in 3,089

Best ever in a state: #108 in Rhode Island, 1975.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#277111 in 1,660
Massachusetts#312131 in 2,281
West Virginia#32151 in 2,359
Wisconsin#39981 in 3,621
Oregon#45451 in 3,089
Oklahoma#48251 in 3,401
South Carolina#50551 in 3,410
Pennsylvania#509141 in 4,715
Alabama#56751 in 4,350
Indiana#59161 in 5,799
Tennessee#62151 in 5,573
Missouri#64251 in 6,131
Michigan#64591 in 6,394
Florida#75971 in 6,289
Louisiana#77151 in 5,503
Ohio#80371 in 9,851
New York#806141 in 7,023
Texas#813151 in 6,893
California#965171 in 9,019
Illinois#1,23251 in 14,181
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See more about Kerrie
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 460 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 168 spots in 1959 (#1,089 → #921)
  • Biggest drop: 204 spots in 1987 (#958 → #1,162)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1944
  • Peaked 1975 at #469 (397 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1959–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,672
  • Highest: 1 in 3,672 girls born in 1975 were named Kerrie (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 39.4% of all girls named Kerrie (3,384) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s58#2,701 (1948)#3,473
1950s619#921 (1959)#1,452
1960s2,073#534 (1969)#735
1970s3,384#469 (1975)#542
1980s1,595#803 (1980)#989
1990s644#1,463 (1991)#2,320
2000s167#3,527 (2000)#8,044
2010s44#12,276 (2010)#14,230
2020s5#14,942 (2025)#14,942

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.

Kerrie in 1978

girls
#705
224 births · 1 in 6,839 girls

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #705Kerrie224
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 6,839 of them was named Kerrie, which outranked 93.9% 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).

Ranked beside Kerrie
  1. #702Cora225
  2. #702Elsa225
  3. #702Tiffanie225
  4. #705Kerrie224
  5. #705Francine224
  6. #705Monika224
  7. #705Niki224
  8. #710Marta223
  9. #711Caitlin222
  10. #711John222

Tied with 4 names at #705; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

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

See the top 100 for 1978 →