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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #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
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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 1979

  • 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: #562 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,220 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #824 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,470 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #629 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,958 girlsMINew York: #648 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,946 girlsNYMassachusetts: #256 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,703 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedORNevada: 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: #599 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,039 girlsINOhio: #539 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,149 girlsOHPennsylvania: #491 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,276 girlsPANew Jersey: #654 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,313 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #858 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 7,424 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: #581 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,382 girlsMOKentucky: #520 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,898 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedMDDelaware: 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: #368 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,589 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #514 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,702 girlsOKLouisiana: #501 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,251 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedMSAlabama: #526 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,819 girlsALGeorgia: #615 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,802 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedHITexas: #787 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 6,536 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Kerrie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#256 · 1 in 1,703
  2. Tennessee#368 · 1 in 2,589
  3. Pennsylvania#491 · 1 in 4,276
  4. Louisiana#501 · 1 in 3,251
  5. Oklahoma#514 · 1 in 3,702

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#256181 in 1,703
Tennessee#368111 in 2,589
Pennsylvania#491161 in 4,276
Louisiana#50191 in 3,251
Oklahoma#51451 in 3,702
Kentucky#52051 in 4,898
Alabama#52661 in 3,819
Ohio#539141 in 5,149
Washington#56261 in 4,220
Missouri#58161 in 5,382
Indiana#59961 in 6,039
Georgia#61571 in 4,802
Michigan#629101 in 5,958
New York#648201 in 4,946
New Jersey#65471 in 5,313
Texas#787171 in 6,536
Illinois#824101 in 7,470
California#858221 in 7,424
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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 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 1979

girls
#677
254 births · 1 in 6,320 girls
boys
#6,056
5 births · 1 in 344,307 boys

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #677Kerrie254

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #6,056Kerrie5
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 6,320 of them was named Kerrie, which outranked 94.3% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kerrie
  1. #673Marisela256
  2. #675Abbey255
  3. #675Rene255
  4. #677Kerrie254
  5. #677Caitlin254
  6. #679Griselda253
  7. #680Christen252
  8. #680Robert252

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

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,593Breanne#2,125 → #532
  2. ↑ 1,527Loni#2,516 → #989
  3. ↑ 1,287Renata#2,012 → #725
  4. ↑ 985Ashanti#1,862 → #877
  5. ↑ 896Nicolette#1,581 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 392Christel#762 → #1,154
  2. ↓ 312Kenisha#557 → #869
  3. ↓ 297Ariane#887 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 285Imelda#947 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 252Farrah#539 → #791

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

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 344,307 of them was named Kerrie, which outranked 14.4% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kerrie
  1. #5,355Zeshan6
  2. #5,355Ziad6
  3. #5,355Ziyad6
  4. #6,056Kerrie5
  5. #6,056Aakash5
  6. #6,056Aarn5
  7. #6,056Aaryn5

Tied with 1,015 names at #6,056; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,228Tyrel#2,134 → #906
  2. ↑ 471Jace#1,186 → #715
  3. ↑ 387Chaz#1,371 → #984
  4. ↑ 311Tyrell#1,051 → #740
  5. ↑ 308Frederic#1,203 → #895
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,230Dequan#927 → #2,157
  2. ↓ 641Rahsaan#869 → #1,510
  3. ↓ 446Chip#989 → #1,435
  4. ↓ 308Rashaun#996 → #1,304
  5. ↓ 307Kenya#749 → #1,056

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

See the top 100 for 1979 →