Kerri — #6411 US girls' name
37,011 babies named Kerri in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Kerri was born in this single decade.
1,597 babies were named Kerri in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kerri
The Social Security Administration has registered 37,011 babies named Kerri between 1945 and 2024, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kerri currently holds the #6411 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 1,597 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kerri performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 14,448 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kerri shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 3,657 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kerri in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kerri 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 37,011 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.
Kerri at a glance
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Kerri popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1945
- Peak year (1975)
- 1,597
- Annual births at peak — across 80 years of records
Currently ranks #6411 among girls.
37,011 total births across 80 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 1,597 births in a single year.
Kerri popularity over time — boys
348 total births recorded since 1958 (Kerri as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kerri accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kerri by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 14,448 births that decade — 39% of Kerri's all-time total
Kerri decade highlights
- Peak decade 14,448 births
- Runner-up 8,564 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Kerri's strongest decade
14,448 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Kerri by state
Where Kerri concentrates geographically — total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 3,657 | 9.9% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 2,750 | 7.4% |
| #3 | California | | 2,569 | 6.9% |
| #4 | Texas | | 1,994 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,839 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 1,581 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 1,408 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 1,393 | 3.8% |
3,657 of 37,011 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 9.9% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 7.4% of nationwide
- California 6.9% of nationwide
- Texas 5.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 9.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kerri appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1945–2024 (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.