Kerrilyn — girls' name
107 babies named Kerrilyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
107 girls have been named Kerrilyn since 1962, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1996.
- 107
- total births
- 1962–1996
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Kerrilyn was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Kerrilyn in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kerrilyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 107 babies named Kerrilyn between 1962 and 1996, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kerrilyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kerrilyn performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kerrilyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kerrilyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kerrilyn 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 107 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.
Kerrilyn at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kerrilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1962
- Peak year (1974)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
107 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 9 births in a single year.
Kerrilyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 46 births that decade — 43% of Kerrilyn's all-time total
Kerrilyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Kerrilyn's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Kerrilyn by state
Where Kerrilyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 4.7% |
5 of 107 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1962–1996 (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.