Kerry**
#320 most common boys' name of all time · #707 across all names · 51% male / 49% female · used 1920–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#320
Rank overall
#707 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
106 of 146
All-time
98,644
Since 2016
677
Peak year
1960 #158
Best rank
#158 1960
Girls
Boys
peak 3,127/yr
Kerry first appears in 1920. 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 | 22 | 55 | 77 | #2,459 |
| 2024 | 8 | 49 | 57 | #2,686 |
| 2023 | 13 | 35 | 48 | #3,359 |
| 2022 | 17 | 55 | 72 | #2,501 |
| 2021 | 16 | 42 | 58 | #2,934 |
| 2020 | 23 | 39 | 62 | #2,989 |
| 2019 | 22 | 43 | 65 | #2,864 |
| 2018 | 17 | 51 | 68 | #2,517 |
| 2017 | 30 | 57 | 87 | #2,297 |
| 2016 | 30 | 53 | 83 | #2,418 |
| 2015 | 26 | 62 | 88 | #2,196 |
| 2014 | 37 | 62 | 99 | #2,187 |
| 2013 | 39 | 71 | 110 | #1,947 |
| 2012 | 27 | 53 | 80 | #2,388 |
| 2011 | 35 | 61 | 96 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 30 | 65 | 95 | #2,082 |
| 2009 | 32 | 70 | 102 | #1,995 |
| 2008 | 37 | 85 | 122 | #1,765 |
| 2007 | 45 | 87 | 132 | #1,721 |
| 2006 | 73 | 99 | 172 | #1,522 |
| 2005 | 80 | 120 | 200 | #1,282 |
| 2004 | 86 | 172 | 258 | #972 |
| 2003 | 100 | 112 | 212 | #1,273 |
| 2002 | 141 | 130 | 271 | #1,118 |
| 2001 | 149 | 142 | 291 | #1,040 |
| 2000 | 182 | 135 | 317 | #1,062 |
| 1999 | 200 | 150 | 350 | #962 |
| 1998 | 199 | 150 | 349 | #943 |
| 1997 | 272 | 188 | 460 | #791 |
| 1996 | 290 | 181 | 471 | #798 |
| 1995 | 295 | 206 | 501 | #748 |
| 1994 | 339 | 235 | 574 | #678 |
| 1993 | 373 | 296 | 669 | #601 |
| 1992 | 438 | 288 | 726 | #609 |
| 1991 | 477 | 414 | 891 | #488 |
| 1990 | 556 | 402 | 958 | #483 |
| 1989 | 560 | 409 | 969 | #466 |
| 1988 | 599 | 421 | 1,020 | #440 |
| 1987 | 670 | 409 | 1,079 | #438 |
| 1986 | 699 | 481 | 1,180 | #383 |
| 1985 | 672 | 525 | 1,197 | #351 |
| 1984 | 730 | 512 | 1,242 | #356 |
| 1983 | 786 | 383 | 1,169 | #419 |
| 1982 | 938 | 417 | 1,355 | #406 |
| 1981 | 939 | 418 | 1,357 | #399 |
| 1980 | 1,000 | 431 | 1,431 | #394 |
| 1979 | 994 | 462 | 1,456 | #373 |
| 1978 | 1,154 | 463 | 1,617 | #358 |
| 1977 | 1,300 | 540 | 1,840 | #334 |
| 1976 | 1,449 | 582 | 2,031 | #305 |
| 1975 | 1,676 | 646 | 2,322 | #294 |
| 1974 | 1,729 | 710 | 2,439 | #268 |
| 1973 | 1,874 | 681 | 2,555 | #272 |
| 1972 | 1,910 | 733 | 2,643 | #266 |
| 1971 | 2,206 | 878 | 3,084 | #255 |
| 1970 | 1,831 | 967 | 2,798 | #243 |
| 1969 | 1,854 | 976 | 2,830 | #235 |
| 1968 | 1,735 | 1,085 | 2,820 | #214 |
| 1967 | 1,258 | 1,123 | 2,381 | #206 |
| 1966 | 1,032 | 1,241 | 2,273 | #195 |
| 1965 | 921 | 1,471 | 2,392 | #177 |
| 1964 | 1,177 | 1,563 | 2,740 | #176 |
| 1963 | 1,163 | 1,724 | 2,887 | #170 |
| 1962 | 1,092 | 1,900 | 2,992 | #168 |
| 1961 | 1,040 | 2,027 | 3,067 | #161 |
| 1960 | 951 | 2,176 | 3,127 | #158 |
| 1959 | 792 | 1,703 | 2,495 | #178 |
| 1958 | 806 | 1,439 | 2,245 | #194 |
| 1957 | 813 | 1,747 | 2,560 | #175 |
| 1956 | 740 | 1,588 | 2,328 | #183 |
| 1955 | 615 | 1,601 | 2,216 | #174 |
| 1954 | 582 | 1,662 | 2,244 | #170 |
| 1953 | 569 | 1,264 | 1,833 | #194 |
| 1952 | 556 | 1,167 | 1,723 | #194 |
| 1951 | 491 | 1,183 | 1,674 | #191 |
| 1950 | 478 | 1,062 | 1,540 | #198 |
| 1949 | 395 | 926 | 1,321 | #210 |
| 1948 | 273 | 750 | 1,023 | #235 |
| 1947 | 196 | 704 | 900 | #248 |
| 1946 | 149 | 489 | 638 | #292 |
| 1945 | 124 | 310 | 434 | #341 |
| 1944 | 150 | 297 | 447 | #345 |
| 1943 | 87 | 211 | 298 | #430 |
| 1942 | 42 | 135 | 177 | #527 |
| 1941 | 25 | 120 | 145 | #545 |
| 1940 | 22 | 112 | 134 | #561 |
| 1939 | 10 | 87 | 97 | #635 |
| 1938 | 11 | 70 | 81 | #735 |
| 1937 | 12 | 65 | 77 | #763 |
| 1936 | 8 | 79 | 87 | #668 |
| 1935 | 5 | 110 | 115 | #550 |
| 1934 | 6 | 44 | 50 | #969 |
| 1933 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,641 |
| 1932 | 7 | 22 | 29 | #1,547 |
| 1931 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,642 |
| 1930 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,643 |
| 1929 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,093 |
| 1928 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,066 |
| 1927 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #2,295 |
| 1926 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,900 |
| 1925 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #2,311 |
| 1924 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,470 |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,790 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,785 |
| 1921 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,243 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | 5 | — |