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Kerry: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 55 in 2025. Its best rank was #158 in 1960.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #158 in 1960; #2,464 in 2025. About 71% of babies named Kerry in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,464 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1960, at #158.
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Kerry: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 55 boys in 2025. Peak: #158 in 1960 · most boys in one year: 2,176 (1960).
In 2025, 55 US boys were named Kerry, making it the 2,464th most common boys’ name of the year, up 227 places from #2,691 in 2024. That is 6 more than the 49 boys named Kerry in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #158, reached in 1960. That year also had the most boys given the name: 2,176. For comparison, it was #2,201 in 2015 and #197 in 1950.
In 2025, 22 US girls were named Kerry, making it the 5,642nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 6,016 places from #11,658 in 2024. That is 14 more than the 8 girls named Kerry in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #145, reached in 1971. That year also had the most girls given the name: 2,206. For comparison, it was #5,219 in 2015 and #365 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Kerry in 106 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1920 with 5 babies. In all, 98,644 US babies have been given the name, 49% of them girls and 51% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 27,509 babies named Kerry.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 479 US boys were named Kerry; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 57. In 2025 that was about 1 in 31,056 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Kerry ranked highest in Indiana in 2025, at #1,026 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Kerri (37,369 babies since 1880), Keri (32,386 babies since 1880), Kerrie (8,693 babies since 1880) and Kary (3,378 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Keary, Keyri and Keria are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Kerri.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English and Irish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Keary (684), Keyri (632), Keria (467), Keari (426), Kerie (320), Keiri (187), Kerria (180), Kery (136), Keyry (95), Keori (50), Kiry (20), Kerrey (11), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 5 | #1,026 | — |
| Florida | 7 | #1,553 | — |
| Texas | 6 | #2,440 | #2,266 |
| California | 5 | #2,644 | #1,815 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,642 | 55 | #2,464 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,658 | 49 | #2,691 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,283 | 35 | #3,383 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,858 | 55 | #2,504 |
| 2021 | 16 | #7,112 | 42 | #2,946 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,396 | 39 | #3,004 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,715 | 43 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,953 | 51 | #2,530 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,635 | 57 | #2,302 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,681 | 53 | #2,423 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,219 | 62 | #2,201 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,062 | 62 | #2,190 |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,883 | 71 | #1,953 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,180 | 53 | #2,404 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,193 | 61 | #2,159 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,803 | 65 | #2,084 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,628 | 70 | #1,999 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,230 | 85 | #1,769 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,630 | 87 | #1,724 |
| 2006 | 73 | #2,525 | 99 | #1,524 |
| 2005 | 80 | #2,270 | 120 | #1,287 |
| 2004 | 86 | #2,107 | 172 | #973 |
| 2003 | 100 | #1,852 | 112 | #1,273 |
| 2002 | 141 | #1,372 | 130 | #1,117 |
| 2001 | 149 | #1,298 | 142 | #1,038 |
| 2000 | 182 | #1,124 | 135 | #1,063 |
| 1999 | 200 | #1,022 | 150 | #964 |
| 1998 | 199 | #1,005 | 150 | #945 |
| 1997 | 272 | #772 | 188 | #791 |
| 1996 | 290 | #723 | 181 | #798 |
| 1995 | 295 | #710 | 206 | #748 |
| 1994 | 339 | #643 | 235 | #676 |
| 1993 | 373 | #614 | 296 | #600 |
| 1992 | 438 | #540 | 288 | #609 |
| 1991 | 477 | #497 | 414 | #488 |
| 1990 | 556 | #446 | 402 | #483 |
| 1989 | 560 | #437 | 409 | #466 |
| 1988 | 599 | #403 | 421 | #440 |
| 1987 | 670 | #353 | 409 | #437 |
| 1986 | 699 | #344 | 481 | #383 |
| 1985 | 672 | #349 | 525 | #351 |
| 1984 | 730 | #321 | 512 | #356 |
| 1983 | 786 | #297 | 383 | #420 |
| 1982 | 938 | #265 | 417 | #406 |
| 1981 | 939 | #268 | 418 | #399 |
| 1980 | 1,000 | #259 | 431 | #394 |
| 1979 | 994 | #252 | 462 | #373 |
| 1978 | 1,154 | #217 | 463 | #358 |
| 1977 | 1,300 | #202 | 540 | #334 |
| 1976 | 1,449 | #176 | 582 | #305 |
| 1975 | 1,676 | #163 | 646 | #294 |
| 1974 | 1,729 | #158 | 710 | #268 |
| 1973 | 1,874 | #148 | 681 | #272 |
| 1972 | 1,910 | #148 | 733 | #265 |
| 1971 | 2,206 | #145 | 878 | #255 |
| 1970 | 1,831 | #176 | 967 | #243 |
| 1969 | 1,854 | #176 | 976 | #235 |
| 1968 | 1,735 | #186 | 1,085 | #214 |
| 1967 | 1,258 | #231 | 1,123 | #206 |
| 1966 | 1,032 | #262 | 1,241 | #195 |
| 1965 | 921 | #289 | 1,471 | #177 |
| 1964 | 1,177 | #261 | 1,563 | #176 |
| 1963 | 1,163 | #258 | 1,724 | #170 |
| 1962 | 1,092 | #272 | 1,900 | #168 |
| 1961 | 1,040 | #287 | 2,027 | #161 |
| 1960 | 951 | #302 | 2,176 | #158 |
| 1959 | 792 | #337 | 1,703 | #178 |
| 1958 | 806 | #329 | 1,439 | #194 |
| 1957 | 813 | #321 | 1,747 | #175 |
| 1956 | 740 | #321 | 1,588 | #183 |
| 1955 | 615 | #348 | 1,601 | #174 |
| 1954 | 582 | #359 | 1,662 | #170 |
| 1953 | 569 | #358 | 1,264 | #194 |
| 1952 | 556 | #348 | 1,167 | #194 |
| 1951 | 491 | #362 | 1,183 | #191 |
| 1950 | 478 | #365 | 1,062 | #197 |
| 1949 | 395 | #401 | 926 | #210 |
| 1948 | 273 | #489 | 750 | #235 |
| 1947 | 196 | #607 | 704 | #248 |
| 1946 | 149 | #646 | 489 | #292 |
| 1945 | 124 | #664 | 310 | #341 |
| 1944 | 150 | #600 | 297 | #345 |
| 1943 | 87 | #834 | 211 | #429 |
| 1942 | 42 | #1,237 | 135 | #527 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,587 | 120 | #543 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,714 | 112 | #561 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,819 | 87 | #631 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,665 | 70 | #732 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,507 | 65 | #761 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,252 | 79 | #665 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,558 | 110 | #550 |
| 1934 | 6 | #4,063 | 44 | #963 |
| 1933 | — | — | 19 | #1,618 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,752 | 22 | #1,534 |
| 1931 | — | — | 20 | #1,615 |
| 1930 | — | — | 21 | #1,628 |
| 1929 | — | — | 15 | #2,056 |
| 1928 | — | — | 9 | #2,958 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,219 | 14 | #2,245 |
| 1926 | — | — | 10 | #2,813 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,693 | 14 | #2,263 |
| 1924 | — | — | 13 | #2,411 |
| 1923 | — | — | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1922 | — | — | 5 | #4,659 |
| 1921 | — | — | 6 | #4,112 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,361 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).