Boys' name · since 1928
Kernie
Kernie has 28 recorded births since 1928 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1928 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 28
- total births
- 1928–1959
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
Kernie sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 28 recorded since 1928.
Social Security Administration records show Kernie recorded 28 times among boys since 1928, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1928 to 1959.
- 28 total births
- 1928–1959 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 39% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kernie's 28 recorded births place it above 42% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kernie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kernie's full recorded timeline at 1934, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1929, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1928 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kernie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1959
- Peak year (1928)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Kernie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Kernie's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Kernie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
- 1930s
1930s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 11 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Kernie's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1950s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1928–1959 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kernie: Baby Name Since 1928 - 28 Births, Peak 1928." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kernie. 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 Kernie 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.