Kerly — #6783 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kerly

The Social Security Administration has registered 134 babies named Kerly between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kerly currently holds the #6783 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kerly performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kerly shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kerly in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kerly 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 134 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.