Boys' name · since 1984
Kerek
32 babies named Kerek in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 32
- total births
- 1984–1993
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
Kerek sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 32 recorded since 1984.
Kerek has 32 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 1993.
- 32 total births
- 1984–1993 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 69% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kerek's 32 recorded births place it above 44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kerek's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kerek's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1986 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kerek popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1993
- Peak year (1986)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Kerek by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kerek's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Kerek births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 22 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Kerek's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (22 total births) through the 1990s (10) -- 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, 1984–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kerek: Baby Name Since 1984 - 32 Births, Peak 1986." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kerek. 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 Kerek 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.