Kerby
Kerby was given to 5 boys in 2025, #13,016 among boys’ names; 1,006 Americans have been recorded with it since 1942 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kerby by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Kerby?
#13,016 among boys’ names, 2025
Kerby rose from #13,107 in 2015 to #13,016 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 2.6 to 2.9 per million.
32 babies in 1984, the peak
Kerby peaked in 1984, when 32 babies were given it (11 boys, #3,817 among boys’ names). The 5 births of 2025 are 16% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 5 | #13,016 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 6 | #11,693 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 6 | #11,631 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 5 | #13,144 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 5 | #13,316 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 5 | #13,107 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 6 | #11,493 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 6 | #11,569 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 6 | #11,525 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 9 | #8,691 |
Every recorded year (71)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | under 5 | 8 | #9,357 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 10 | #7,744 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 9 | #8,009 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 9 | #7,889 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 12 | #6,068 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 9 | #7,361 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 12 | #5,860 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 10 | #6,591 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 11 | #5,863 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 11 | #5,660 | |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,287 | 10 | #5,883 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,178 | 14 | #4,506 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,565 | 12 | #4,965 |
| 1994 | 5 | #14,543 | 13 | #4,669 |
| 1993 | under 5 | 20 | #3,309 | |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,770 | 11 | #5,079 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,764 | 14 | #4,126 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,697 | 17 | #3,529 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,546 | 14 | #3,913 |
| 1988 | 9 | #8,029 | 16 | #3,281 |
| 1987 | under 5 | 11 | #4,113 | |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,409 | 19 | #2,735 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,240 | 14 | #3,306 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,802 | 11 | #3,817 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,621 | 19 | #2,538 |
| 1982 | under 5 | 19 | #2,558 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 11 | #3,738 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 9 | #4,239 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 9 | #4,010 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 12 | #3,292 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 14 | #2,893 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 15 | #2,699 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 13 | #2,877 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 18 | #2,276 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 25 | #1,797 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 22 | #1,957 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 10 | #3,176 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 12 | #2,621 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 18 | #1,926 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 21 | #1,735 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 13 | #2,286 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 16 | #2,037 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 14 | #2,261 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 17 | #2,004 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 17 | #2,000 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 26 | #1,585 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 18 | #1,944 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 18 | #1,942 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 18 | #1,930 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 16 | #2,056 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 18 | #1,913 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 14 | #2,184 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 10 | #2,666 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 12 | #2,347 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 6 | #3,560 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 9 | #2,772 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 8 | #2,905 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 7 | #3,158 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 7 | #3,230 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 7 | #2,877 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 10 | #2,460 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Kerby a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,006 Americans recorded as Kerby, 12% are girls and 88% boys. In 2025 it went to 5 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Kerby: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kerby, and how old are they?
An estimated 880 Americans named Kerby and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (88% of everyone recorded); the median is 42 years old and half are between 32 and 58. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 1,133 people named Kerby (217 women and girls, 916 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 894 born in the U.S. The Census count is 27% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
More about Kerby and names like it
- The most given names of the 1980sKerby peaked in 1984.
- Florida’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Kerby since 1910.
- The top names of 1984The year the most babies were named Kerby.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Kerby alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with KMost given first.