Kerline — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kerline

The Social Security Administration has registered 102 babies named Kerline between 1978 and 1996, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kerline currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kerline performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kerline shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 54 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kerline in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kerline 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 102 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.