Kerby*
#4,792 most common boys' name of all time · #11,818 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1942–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#4,792
Rank overall
#11,818 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
71 of 146
All-time
1,006
Since 2016
27
Peak year
1984 #3,791
Best rank
#1,600 1961
Girls
Boys
peak 32/yr
Kerby first appears in 1942. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,230 |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,124 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,074 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,285 |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,507 |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,343 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,912 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,990 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,979 |
| 2009 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,429 |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,062 |
| 2006 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,535 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,786 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,664 |
| 2003 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,960 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,186 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,751 |
| 2000 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,427 |
| 1999 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,747 |
| 1998 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,559 |
| 1997 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #5,758 |
| 1996 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #4,450 |
| 1995 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #4,886 |
| 1994 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #4,605 |
| 1993 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,279 |
| 1992 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #4,986 |
| 1991 | 8 | 14 | 22 | #4,084 |
| 1990 | 8 | 17 | 25 | #3,522 |
| 1989 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #3,886 |
| 1988 | 9 | 16 | 25 | #3,264 |
| 1987 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,065 |
| 1986 | 9 | 19 | 28 | #2,726 |
| 1985 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #3,299 |
| 1984 | 21 | 11 | 32 | #3,791 |
| 1983 | 12 | 19 | 31 | #2,543 |
| 1982 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,556 |
| 1980 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,724 |
| 1979 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,219 |
| 1978 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,981 |
| 1977 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,300 |
| 1976 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,890 |
| 1975 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,704 |
| 1974 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,880 |
| 1973 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,272 |
| 1972 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,803 |
| 1971 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,970 |
| 1970 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,210 |
| 1969 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,647 |
| 1968 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,950 |
| 1967 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,745 |
| 1966 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,311 |
| 1965 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,070 |
| 1964 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,286 |
| 1963 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,036 |
| 1962 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,020 |
| 1961 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,600 |
| 1960 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,970 |
| 1959 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,970 |
| 1958 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,948 |
| 1957 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,086 |
| 1956 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,940 |
| 1955 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,212 |
| 1954 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,727 |
| 1953 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,382 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,677 |
| 1951 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,830 |
| 1950 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,008 |
| 1949 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1945 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,984 |
| 1942 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,521 |