Kerwin

Where Kerwin comes from

Kerwin hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,821 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1926
    Kerwin Mathews born
    American actor
  3. 1959
    Peak, #808
    89 babies named Kerwin — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,181.
  5. 2002
    Kerwin Vargas born
    Colombian footballer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Kerwin Mathews · American actor, 1926–2007
  • Kerwin Vargas · Colombian footballer, born 2002
  • Kerwin Peixoto · Peruvian association football player, born 1988
  • Kerwin Roach Jr. · American basketball player, born 1996
  • Kerwin Bell · American football player, quarterback, coach, born 1965

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.