Kerwin — #6839 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kerwin

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,465 babies named Kerwin between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kerwin currently holds the #6839 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 89 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kerwin performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 559 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Kerwin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 102 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kerwin in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kerwin 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 2,465 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.