Boys' name · since 2014
Kershaw
Since 2014, U.S. Social Security records show 52 babies named Kershaw, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 52
- total births
- 2014–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
52 boys have been named Kershaw since 2014, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kershaw has 52 recorded births among boys since 2014, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- 52 total births
- 2014–2025 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 67% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kershaw's 52 recorded births place it above 52% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kershaw's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kershaw's full recorded timeline at 2018, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kershaw popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Kershaw by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kershaw's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Kershaw births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 35 births (67% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kershaw's data
- Kershaw's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (35 total births) through the 2020s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
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, 2014–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kershaw: Baby Name Since 2014 - 52 Births, Peak 2015." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kershaw. 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 Kershaw 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.