Kerlyn — girls' name
23 babies named Kerlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
23 girls have been named Kerlyn since 2004, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2018.
- 23
- total births
- 2004–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Kerlyn was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Kerlyn in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kerlyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Kerlyn between 2004 and 2018, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kerlyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kerlyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kerlyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kerlyn 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 23 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.
Kerlyn at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kerlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2004
- Peak year (2005)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
23 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 7 births in a single year.
Kerlyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 12 births that decade — 52% of Kerlyn's all-time total
Kerlyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kerlyn's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% 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, 2004–2018 (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.