Kerwin

#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births

Peak · boys
1959 · 89 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,470
since 1913

Kerwin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kerwin has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #808, 1959boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#6,83212
2023#10,8216
2022#12,3305
2021#6,69812
2020#8,7398
2019#9,7567
2018#8,1549
2017#5,78815
2016#8,8168
2015#7,49110
2014#9,6427
2013#5,92314
2012#6,30613
2011#6,57812
2010#5,47816
2009#6,09514
2008#4,71420
2007#5,43416
2006#4,86518
2005#4,19821
2004#4,60218
2003#4,11420
2002#5,39513
2001#3,41025
2000#3,42324
1999#3,37623
1998#3,70819
1997#3,45520
1996#2,74727
1995#4,05215
1994#4,29014
1993#3,50118
1992#2,30332
1991#2,46928
1990#2,21432
1989#2,15432
1988#1,76839
1987#1,97431
1986#2,09627
1985#1,97529
1984#1,63036
1983#1,68734
1982#1,59638
1981#1,81131
1980#1,65535
1979#1,59836
1978#1,53737
1977#1,70731
1976#1,93225
1975#1,94824
1974#1,74727
1973#1,51432
1972#1,50832
1971#1,46634
1970#1,31440
1969#1,13647
1968#1,14743
1967#1,18140
1966#1,09046
1965#1,02052
1964#1,02554
1963#89969
1962#92667
1961#94066
1960#87675
1959#80889
1958#1,09149
1957#97161
1956#1,05651
1955#1,33932
1954#1,52525
1953#1,50825
1952#1,93916
1951#2,24612
1950#1,49924
1949#2,02214
1948#1,81717
1947#1,98815
1946#2,14312
1945#3,3385
1944#3,4305
1943#2,9647
1942#2,5239
1941#1,99713
1940#1,73616
1939#2,8297
1938#2,32610
1937#3,1756
1936#2,30110
1935#1,75716
1934#3,6795
1933#3,2686
1932#2,8498
1931#3,3906
1930#2,60910
1929#3,5596
1928#2,8439
1927
1926#3,7086
1925#3,1558
1924#3,2608
1923#2,77210
1922#3,0149
1921#3,2148
1920#3,4897
1919#2,51111
1918#4,1795
1917#3,9815
1916#3,1777
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1913#2,8215
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Kerwin! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1913–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Kerwin
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 5,176 spots since 2024 (#6,832#12,008)
  • 3,269 spots since 2020 (#8,739#12,008)
  • 4,517 spots since 2015 (#7,491#12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 283 spots in 1959 (#1,091#808)
  • Biggest drop: 126 spots in 1964 (#899#1,025)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1959 at #808 (89 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1959–1963
Share of babies · boys
1 in 23,983
  • Highest: 1 in 23,983 boys born in 1959 were named Kerwin (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 22.6% of all boys named Kerwin (559) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s33#2,511 (1919)#3,334
1920s71#2,772 (1923)#3,224
1930s84#1,757 (1935)#2,818
1940s113#1,736 (1940)#2,396
1950s384#808 (1959)#1,398
1960s559#876 (1960)#1,024
1970s318#1,314 (1970)#1,627
1980s332#1,596 (1982)#1,835
1990s228#2,214 (1990)#3,212
2000s189#3,410 (2001)#4,625
2010s111#5,478 (2010)#7,393
2020s48#6,698 (2021)#9,571

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

Kerwin in 1959

boys
#808
89 births · 1 in 23,983 boys

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #808Kerwin89
More about 1959

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 23,983 of them was named Kerwin, which outranked 82.3% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kerwin
  1. #801Omar91
  2. #801Royal91
  3. #807Fritz90
  4. #808Kerwin89
  5. #808Benedict89
  6. #808Booker89
  7. #808Napoleon89
  8. #814Elroy88
  9. #814Greggory88
  10. #814Rolf88

Tied with 5 names at #808; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. 2,208Efrem#3,033#825
  2. 901Darin#1,677#776
  3. 871Yancy#1,557#686
  4. 708Raynard#1,677#969
  5. 644Darrin#1,396#752
Fallers
  1. 307Jace#761#1,068
  2. 241Otha#915#1,156
  3. 234Cheryl#994#1,228
  4. 230Dann#969#1,199
  5. 227Carnell#777#1,004

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

See the top 100 for 1959