Kershaw
Kershaw was given to 5 boys in 2025, #13,019 among boys’ names; 52 Americans have been recorded with it since 2014 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kershaw by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Kershaw?
#13,019 among boys’ names, 2025
Kershaw fell from #8,405 in 2015 to #13,019 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 4.7 to 2.9 per million.
9 babies in 2015, the peak
Kershaw peaked in 2015, when 9 boys were given it, #8,405 among boys’ names. The 5 births of 2025 are 56% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #13,019 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 5 | #13,249 | 2.9 |
| 2021 | 7 | #10,291 | 4.0 |
| 2018 | 6 | #11,512 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 8 | #9,308 | 4.3 |
| 2016 | 7 | #10,241 | 3.7 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,405 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 5 | #13,122 | 2.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Kershaw a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Kershaw has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 8 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Kershaw: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kershaw, and how old are they?
An estimated 52 Americans named Kershaw and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Kershaw
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.