Kerby — #11058 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kerby

The Social Security Administration has registered 879 babies named Kerby between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kerby currently holds the #11058 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 27 babies received it in a single year. Kerby is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 122 additional births since 1983.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kerby performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kerby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 59 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kerby in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kerby in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 879 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.