Kerensa — #13716 US girls' name
457 babies named Kerensa in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to girls today.
51% of everyone ever named Kerensa was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Kerensa in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kerensa
The Social Security Administration has registered 457 babies named Kerensa between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kerensa currently holds the #13716 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kerensa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 232 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kerensa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kerensa in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kerensa 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 457 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.
Kerensa at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kerensa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1965
- Peak year (1971)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
Currently ranks #13716 among girls.
457 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 30 births in a single year.
Kerensa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 232 births that decade — 51% of Kerensa's all-time total
Kerensa decade highlights
- Peak decade 232 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Kerensa's strongest decade
232 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Kerensa by state
Where Kerensa concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 457 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.1% of nationwide
- Texas 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1965–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.