Kern
#5,734 most common boys' name of all time · #14,292 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2012
Rank among boys
#5,734
Rank overall
#14,292 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
744
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1952 #1,694
Best rank
#1,694 1952
Girls
Boys
peak 21/yr
Kern first appears in 1914. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,897 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,165 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,070 |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,439 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,683 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,407 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,240 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,064 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,872 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,771 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,925 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,736 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,439 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,285 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,719 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,568 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,470 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,061 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,962 |
| 1977 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,099 |
| 1976 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,820 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,440 |
| 1974 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1973 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,648 |
| 1972 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,446 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,476 |
| 1970 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,360 |
| 1968 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,007 |
| 1967 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1966 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,558 |
| 1965 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,898 |
| 1964 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1963 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1962 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,247 |
| 1961 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,857 |
| 1960 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,952 |
| 1959 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,163 |
| 1958 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,588 |
| 1957 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,456 |
| 1956 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,752 |
| 1955 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,393 |
| 1954 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,021 |
| 1953 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,704 |
| 1952 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,694 |
| 1951 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 1950 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1949 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,182 |
| 1948 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,104 |
| 1947 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,774 |
| 1946 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,659 |
| 1945 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,576 |
| 1944 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,873 |
| 1943 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,254 |
| 1942 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,358 |
| 1940 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,039 |
| 1939 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,421 |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,794 |
| 1936 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,802 |
| 1934 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,525 |
| 1933 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1932 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,026 |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,604 |
| 1930 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,460 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,965 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,497 |
| 1924 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,185 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,532 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,553 |
| 1921 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,144 |
| 1920 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,145 |
| 1919 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,377 |
| 1918 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,276 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1915 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,301 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,641 |