Kerri

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #5,452
Given to girls 99.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1975 · 1,597 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
37,021
since 1945

Kerri over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kerri has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #166, 1975girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,45710
2024#6,39418
2023#8,05513
2022#8,54212
2021#12,2067
2020#7,21215
2019#6,17619
2018#6,52118
2017#4,38432
2016#4,53131
2015#6,03621
2014#4,89228
2013#3,46545
2012#4,12136
2011#3,72341
2010#3,20351
2009#3,67743
2008#3,77942
2007#3,28951
2006#2,94058
2005#2,55367
2004#2,15583
2003#1,561123
2002#1,535123
2001#1,458129
2000#1,280151
1999#1,121177
1998#974208
1997#754282
1996#689315
1995#674315
1994#633346#5,45210
1993#607378#7,6386
1992#496488
1991#493484#4,47612
1990#437574#5,3829
1989#442551#7,9055
1988#336731#4,16211
1987#336729#6,0896
1986#307782#3,13115
1985#290854#4,3339
1984#270888#3,70111
1983#275857#2,91215
1982#2441,029#2,70917
1981#2441,024#5,4686
1980#2281,119#4,9407
1979#2351,110#3,35712
1978#2081,222#2,79915
1977#1881,438#4,1648
1976#1671,508#4,0128
1975#1661,597#2,28819
1974#1711,577#3,31810
1973#1801,504#2,71613
1972#1901,501#3,9637
1971#1951,575#2,55814
1970#2231,416#2,39915
1969#2421,240#2,04617
1968#2341,239#4,1365
1967#288879#3,5596
1966#340684#3,5376
1965#371606#2,9828
1964#355702#4,0395
1963#380659#2,8589
1962#409563#3,3057
1961#438508#3,3567
1960#445478#3,3377
1959#490393#3,9885
1958#549313#3,5596
1957#606260
1956#687194
1955#944109
1954#891116
1953#1,13772
1952#1,35151
1951#1,43443
1950#2,12121
1949#2,62015
1948#3,5939
1947#4,7646
1946#3,6658
1945#3,6767
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First appearance
1945

The first year at least five girls were named Kerri! It came in at #3,676, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1945–1948, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

Where Kerri is popular in 1962

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedNHWashington: #208 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,067 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #272 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,105 girlsMNIllinois: #382 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,429 girlsILWisconsin: #355 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,849 girlsWIMichigan: #315 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,487 girlsMINew York: #434 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 3,985 girlsNYMassachusetts: #329 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,424 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedRIOregon: #269 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,400 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #254 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,341 girlsSDIowa: #277 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,954 girlsIAIndiana: #414 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,034 girlsINOhio: #524 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,564 girlsOHPennsylvania: #469 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,492 girlsPANew Jersey: #561 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,132 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #351 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 2,169 girlsCAUtah: #289 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,508 girlsUTColorado: #337 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,131 girlsCONebraska: #253 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,593 girlsNEMissouri: #332 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,662 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedWVVirginia: #545 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,706 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedDEArizona: #385 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,205 girlsAZNew Mexico: #266 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,281 girlsNMKansas: #235 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,323 girlsKSArkansas: #345 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,518 girlsARTennessee: #471 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,085 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #247 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,374 girlsOKLouisiana: #526 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,228 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedMSAlabama: #496 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,764 girlsALGeorgia: #405 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,360 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kerri, so not publishedHITexas: #425 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 2,988 girlsTXFlorida: #465 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,100 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#208 · 1 in 1,067
  2. Kansas#235 · 1 in 1,323
  3. Oklahoma#247 · 1 in 1,374
  4. Nebraska#253 · 1 in 1,593
  5. South Dakota#254 · 1 in 1,341

Best ever in a state: #15 in Rhode Island, 1975.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Washington#208261 in 1,067
Kansas#235151 in 1,323
Oklahoma#247151 in 1,374
Nebraska#25391 in 1,593
South Dakota#25451 in 1,341
New Mexico#26691 in 1,281
Oregon#269111 in 1,400
Minnesota#272181 in 2,105
Iowa#277141 in 1,954
Utah#28971 in 1,508
Michigan#315331 in 2,487
Massachusetts#329151 in 3,424
Missouri#332161 in 2,662
Colorado#33791 in 2,131
Arkansas#34571 in 2,518
California#351801 in 2,169
Wisconsin#355111 in 3,849
Illinois#382301 in 3,429
Arizona#38571 in 2,205
Georgia#405131 in 3,360
Indiana#414121 in 4,034
Texas#425371 in 2,988
New York#434411 in 3,985
Florida#465121 in 4,100
Pennsylvania#469191 in 5,492
Tennessee#47171 in 5,085
Alabama#49671 in 4,764
Ohio#524151 in 6,564
Louisiana#52691 in 4,228
Virginia#54561 in 6,706
New Jersey#56181 in 7,132
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Kentucky
Maine
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Nevada
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North Carolina
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Kerri
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 3,063 spots since 2024 (#6,394#9,457)
  • 2,245 spots since 2020 (#7,212#9,457)
  • 3,421 spots since 2015 (#6,036#9,457)
  • Biggest jump: 257 spots in 1956 (#944#687)
  • Biggest drop: 220 spots in 1998 (#754#974)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 1975 at #166 (1,597 births)
  • Births halved by 1986, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1954–1998
Share of babies · girls
1 in 913
  • Highest: 1 in 913 girls born in 1975 were named Kerri (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 39.0% of all girls named Kerri (14,448) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s45#2,620 (1949)#3,664
1950s1,572#490 (1959)#1,021
1960s7,558#234 (1968)#350
1970s14,448#166 (1975)#192
1980s8,564#228 (1980)#297
1990s3,567#437 (1990)#688
2000s870#1,280 (2000)#2,423
2010s322#3,203 (2010)#4,705
2020s75#6,394 (2024)#8,644

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kerri in 1962

girls
#409
563 births · 1 in 3,493 girls
boys
#3,305
7 births · 1 in 295,539 boys

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #409Kerri563

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #3,305Kerri7
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 3,493 of them was named Kerri, which outranked 94.6% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kerri
  1. #406Polly566
  2. #407Nicole565
  3. #408Katie564
  4. #409Kerri563
  5. #409Deana563
  6. #411Luann562
  7. #412Lorna561
  8. #413Kristy559

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. 1,281Tiffany#2,070#789
  2. 879Whitney#1,627#748
  3. 541Zina#1,533#992
  4. 414Glynis#1,406#992
  5. 408Lolita#978#570
Fallers
  1. 300Fern#821#1,121
  2. 259Jacklyn#815#1,074
  3. 255Dorthy#929#1,184
  4. 224Laurene#943#1,167
  5. 215Jimmie#911#1,126

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 295,539 of them was named Kerri, which outranked 28.6% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kerri
  1. #3,041Wyndell8
  2. #3,041Yosef8
  3. #3,041Zach8
  4. #3,305Kerri7
  5. #3,305Ace7
  6. #3,305Adel7
  7. #3,305Aidan7
  8. #3,640Abdon6
  9. #3,640Abdullah6
  10. #3,640Alcides6

Tied with 334 names at #3,305; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. 490Ritchie#1,262#772
  2. 353King#1,349#996
  3. 338Arlie#1,322#984
  4. 250Robb#1,052#802
  5. 243Pernell#928#685
Fallers
  1. 351Mariano#928#1,279
  2. 349Michal#910#1,259
  3. 337Loran#958#1,295
  4. 292Sid#967#1,259
  5. 275Lorenza#940#1,215

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1962