Kerlin — unisex name
12 babies named Kerlin in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
12 girls have been named Kerlin since 2010, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2015.
- 12
- total births
- 2010–2015
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Kerlin was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Kerlin in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kerlin
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Kerlin between 2010 and 2015, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kerlin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Kerlin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2025.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kerlin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kerlin 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 12 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.
Kerlin at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kerlin popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2010
- Peak year (2010)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
12 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 7 births in a single year.
Kerlin popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2025 (Kerlin as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Kerlin accounts for 29% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kerlin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 12 births that decade — 100% of Kerlin's all-time total
Kerlin decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kerlin's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 2010–2015 (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.