Boys' name · since 1991
Kerion
Kerion has 60 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 60
- total births
- 1991–2011
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
Kerion is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 60 have been recorded since 1991.
Social Security Administration records show Kerion recorded 60 times among boys since 1991, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2011.
- 60 total births
- 1991–2011 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kerion's 60 recorded births place it above 54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kerion's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kerion's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kerion popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2011
- Peak year (1999)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Kerion by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kerion's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Kerion births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 38 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Kerion's decade-level peak was the 2000s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1991–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kerion: Baby Name Since 1991 - 60 Births, Peak 1999." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kerion. 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 Kerion 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.