Boys' name · since 1972
Kerr
Kerr has 23 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1972 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 23
- total births
- 1972–2023
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 30%
- born in that decade
23 boys have been named Kerr since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kerr has 23 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2023.
- 23 total births
- 1972–2023 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 30% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kerr's 23 recorded births place it above 38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kerr's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kerr splits its recorded history at 2000: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kerr popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2023
- Peak year (1972)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Kerr by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kerr's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Kerr births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 7 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Kerr's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- 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, 1972–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kerr: Baby Name Since 1972 - 23 Births, Peak 1972." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kerr. 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 Kerr 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.