Girls' name · since 1962
Kerilyn
Since 1962, U.S. Social Security records show 355 babies named Kerilyn, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,533 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 355
- born since 1962
- 1980s
- peak decade
355 girls have been named Kerilyn since 1962, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kerilyn has 355 recorded births among girls since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1962 to 2012.
- #14,533 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 355 born since 1962
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kerilyn ranks #14,533 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 355 born since 1962, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,533 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 355
- born since 1962
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kerilyn's 355 recorded births place it above 79.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kerilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kerilyn's full recorded timeline at 1984, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kerilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2012
- Peak year (1988)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Kerilyn by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (130 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Kerilyn's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Kerilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s
1970s
104 births
- 1980s
1980s
130 births
- 1990s
1990s
86 births
- 2000s 14
2000s
14 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 130 births (37% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kerilyn's data
- Kerilyn's decade-level peak was the 1980s (130 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kerilyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1962–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Kerilyn 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 August 2026.