Kerian — unisex name

What the Data Says About Kerian

The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Kerian between 1977 and 1997, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kerian currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Kerian is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 21 additional births since 1998.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kerian performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kerian shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kerian 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 24 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.