Girls' name · since 1987
Kerah
197 babies named Kerah in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 197
- total births
- 1987–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
197 girls have been named Kerah since 1987, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kerah has been recorded 197 times among girls since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2018.
- 197 total births
- 1987–2018 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 48% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kerah's 197 recorded births place it above 72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kerah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kerah splits its recorded history at 2005: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kerah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2018
- Peak year (2006)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Kerah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kerah's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Kerah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
- 2000s
2000s
95 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 95 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Kerah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (95 total births) through the 2010s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kerah: Baby Name Since 1987 - 197 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kerah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kerah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.