Girls' name · since 1968
Kerrilynn
Kerrilynn has 76 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 76
- total births
- 1968–1988
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
Kerrilynn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 76 have been recorded since 1968.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kerrilynn has been recorded 76 times among girls since 1968, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1988.
- 76 total births
- 1968–1988 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 47% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kerrilynn's 76 recorded births place it above 58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kerrilynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kerrilynn splits its recorded history at 1978: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kerrilynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1988
- Peak year (1986)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Kerrilynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kerrilynn's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Kerrilynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
35 births
- 1980s
1980s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 36 births (47% of all-time use).
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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, 1968–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kerrilynn: Baby Name Since 1968 - 76 Births, Peak 1986." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kerrilynn. 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 Kerrilynn 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.