Kerry
#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · #2,451 for boys in 2025, 55 births
Given to boys 50.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1960 · 2,176 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 49,969since 1921
Kerry over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #5,554 | 22 | #2,451 | 55 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #2,674 | 49 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | #3,347 | 35 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 | #2,493 | 55 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 | #2,918 | 42 |
| 2020 | #5,314 | 23 | #2,980 | 39 |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | #2,851 | 43 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #2,507 | 51 |
| 2017 | #4,576 | 30 | #2,295 | 57 |
| 2016 | #4,632 | 30 | #2,412 | 53 |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 | #2,189 | 62 |
| 2014 | #4,003 | 37 | #2,175 | 62 |
| 2013 | #3,849 | 39 | #1,942 | 71 |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 | #2,380 | 53 |
| 2011 | #4,151 | 35 | #2,145 | 61 |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 | #2,069 | 65 |
| 2009 | #4,571 | 32 | #1,990 | 70 |
| 2008 | #4,179 | 37 | #1,760 | 85 |
| 2007 | #3,601 | 45 | #1,721 | 87 |
| 2006 | #2,512 | 73 | #1,519 | 99 |
| 2005 | #2,254 | 80 | #1,282 | 120 |
| 2004 | #2,100 | 86 | #971 | 172 |
| 2003 | #1,845 | 100 | #1,269 | 112 |
| 2002 | #1,370 | 141 | #1,115 | 130 |
| 2001 | #1,295 | 149 | #1,035 | 142 |
| 2000 | #1,120 | 182 | #1,061 | 135 |
| 1999 | #1,021 | 200 | #961 | 150 |
| 1998 | #1,004 | 199 | #939 | 150 |
| 1997 | #772 | 272 | #788 | 188 |
| 1996 | #722 | 290 | #798 | 181 |
| 1995 | #709 | 295 | #748 | 206 |
| 1994 | #643 | 339 | #674 | 235 |
| 1993 | #613 | 373 | #599 | 296 |
| 1992 | #540 | 438 | #609 | 288 |
| 1991 | #497 | 477 | #487 | 414 |
| 1990 | #446 | 556 | #483 | 402 |
| 1989 | #437 | 560 | #465 | 409 |
| 1988 | #403 | 599 | #439 | 421 |
| 1987 | #352 | 670 | #436 | 409 |
| 1986 | #344 | 699 | #382 | 481 |
| 1985 | #349 | 672 | #351 | 525 |
| 1984 | #321 | 730 | #356 | 512 |
| 1983 | #297 | 786 | #418 | 383 |
| 1982 | #264 | 938 | #406 | 417 |
| 1981 | #267 | 939 | #398 | 418 |
| 1980 | #259 | 1,000 | #394 | 431 |
| 1979 | #251 | 994 | #373 | 462 |
| 1978 | #217 | 1,154 | #358 | 463 |
| 1977 | #202 | 1,300 | #334 | 540 |
| 1976 | #176 | 1,449 | #305 | 582 |
| 1975 | #163 | 1,676 | #294 | 646 |
| 1974 | #158 | 1,729 | #268 | 710 |
| 1973 | #148 | 1,874 | #272 | 681 |
| 1972 | #148 | 1,910 | #265 | 733 |
| 1971 | #145 | 2,206 | #253 | 878 |
| 1970 | #176 | 1,831 | #243 | 967 |
| 1969 | #176 | 1,854 | #235 | 976 |
| 1968 | #186 | 1,735 | #214 | 1,085 |
| 1967 | #231 | 1,258 | #206 | 1,123 |
| 1966 | #262 | 1,032 | #195 | 1,241 |
| 1965 | #289 | 921 | #177 | 1,471 |
| 1964 | #261 | 1,177 | #176 | 1,563 |
| 1963 | #258 | 1,163 | #170 | 1,724 |
| 1962 | #271 | 1,092 | #167 | 1,900 |
| 1961 | #287 | 1,040 | #161 | 2,027 |
| 1960 | #302 | 951 | #158 | 2,176 |
| 1959 | #336 | 792 | #178 | 1,703 |
| 1958 | #329 | 806 | #194 | 1,439 |
| 1957 | #321 | 813 | #175 | 1,747 |
| 1956 | #321 | 740 | #183 | 1,588 |
| 1955 | #348 | 615 | #174 | 1,601 |
| 1954 | #359 | 582 | #170 | 1,662 |
| 1953 | #358 | 569 | #194 | 1,264 |
| 1952 | #348 | 556 | #194 | 1,167 |
| 1951 | #362 | 491 | #191 | 1,183 |
| 1950 | #362 | 478 | #197 | 1,062 |
| 1949 | #401 | 395 | #210 | 926 |
| 1948 | #488 | 273 | #235 | 750 |
| 1947 | #606 | 196 | #248 | 704 |
| 1946 | #646 | 149 | #292 | 489 |
| 1945 | #663 | 124 | #339 | 310 |
| 1944 | #599 | 150 | #345 | 297 |
| 1943 | #832 | 87 | #429 | 211 |
| 1942 | #1,229 | 42 | #524 | 135 |
| 1941 | #1,569 | 25 | #541 | 120 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | #560 | 112 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | #629 | 87 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #730 | 70 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | #757 | 65 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #660 | 79 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #548 | 110 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #956 | 44 |
| 1933 | — | #1,586 | 19 | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1931 | — | #1,589 | 20 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,602 | 21 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,002 | 15 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | — | #2,725 | 10 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kerry! It came in at #3,869, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1923, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Kerry is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#370 · 1 in 2,224
- Kentucky#372 · 1 in 3,857
- Arkansas#409 · 1 in 2,903
- Pennsylvania#455 · 1 in 4,882
- Tennessee#548 · 1 in 5,732
Best ever in a state: #43 in Utah, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #370 | 12 | 1 in 2,224 |
| Kentucky | #372 | 6 | 1 in 3,857 |
| Arkansas | #409 | 5 | 1 in 2,903 |
| Pennsylvania | #455 | 14 | 1 in 4,882 |
| Tennessee | #548 | 6 | 1 in 5,732 |
| Alabama | #564 | 5 | 1 in 5,011 |
| Illinois | #605 | 14 | 1 in 5,781 |
| Georgia | #629 | 9 | 1 in 5,384 |
| Texas | #671 | 21 | 1 in 7,421 |
| Florida | #678 | 12 | 1 in 7,074 |
| Virginia | #683 | 5 | 1 in 7,803 |
| North Carolina | #770 | 5 | 1 in 9,177 |
| Michigan | #832 | 5 | 1 in 11,917 |
| New York | #1,101 | 8 | 1 in 14,842 |
| California | #1,652 | 7 | 1 in 36,221 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Kerry
- 223 spots since 2024 (#2,674 → #2,451)
- 529 spots since 2020 (#2,980 → #2,451)
- 262 spots since 2015 (#2,189 → #2,451)
- Biggest jump: 630 spots in 1934 (#1,586 → #956)
- Biggest drop: 311 spots in 2005 (#971 → #1,282)
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1960 at #158 (2,176 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1934–1999
- Highest: 1 in 980 boys born in 1960 were named Kerry (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 31,056 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 30.6% of all boys named Kerry (15,286) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2002, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 93 | #2,002 (1929) | #2,883 |
| 1930s | 537 | #548 (1935) | #1,057 |
| 1940s | 4,054 | #210 (1949) | #372 |
| 1950s | 14,416 | #170 (1954) | #185 |
| 1960s | 15,286 | #158 (1960) | #186 |
| 1970s | 6,662 | #243 (1970) | #297 |
| 1980s | 4,406 | #351 (1985) | #405 |
| 1990s | 2,510 | #483 (1990) | #709 |
| 2000s | 1,152 | #971 (2004) | #1,372 |
| 2010s | 578 | #1,942 (2013) | #2,297 |
| 2020s | 275 | #2,451 (2025) | #2,811 |
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.
Kerry in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 6,045 of them was named Kerry, which outranked 95.5% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 10,466 of them was named Kerry, which outranked 92.4% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.