Kerwin
Kerwin was given to 5 boys in 2025, #13,021 among boys’ names; 2,470 Americans have been recorded with it since 1913 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,930 Americans named Kerwin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (78% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 34 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kerwin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Kerwin?
#13,021 among boys’ names, 2025
Kerwin fell from #7,786 in 2015 to #13,021 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 5.2 to 2.9 per million.
89 babies in 1959, the peak
Kerwin peaked in 1959, when 89 boys were given it, #809 among boys’ names. The 5 births of 2025 are 6% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #13,021 | 2.9 |
| 2024 | 12 | #7,055 | 7.0 |
| 2023 | 6 | #11,583 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 5 | #13,382 | 2.9 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,905 | 6.9 |
| 2020 | 8 | #9,163 | 4.6 |
| 2019 | 7 | #10,315 | 3.9 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,516 | 5.0 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,941 | 8.1 |
| 2016 | 8 | #9,299 | 4.2 |
Every recorded year (110)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | #7,786 | 5.2 |
| 2014 | 7 | #10,222 | 3.6 |
| 2013 | 14 | #6,086 | 7.4 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,500 | 6.9 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,813 | 6.3 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,615 | 8.3 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,285 | 7.1 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,822 | 9.8 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,564 | 7.7 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,961 | 8.8 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,267 | 10.5 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,693 | 9.1 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,200 | 10.1 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,570 | 6.7 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,458 | 12.9 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,475 | 12.2 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,438 | 12.0 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,782 | 9.9 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,524 | 10.6 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,790 | 14.3 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,166 | 7.9 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,414 | 7.2 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,573 | 9.2 |
| 1992 | 32 | #2,333 | 16.0 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,503 | 13.9 |
| 1990 | 32 | #2,235 | 15.6 |
| 1989 | 32 | #2,173 | 16.0 |
| 1988 | 39 | #1,778 | 20.4 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,994 | 16.6 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,132 | 14.7 |
| 1985 | 29 | #1,993 | 15.7 |
| 1984 | 36 | #1,645 | 19.9 |
| 1983 | 34 | #1,702 | 19.0 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,611 | 20.9 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,836 | 17.3 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,676 | 19.6 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,614 | 20.9 |
| 1978 | 37 | #1,553 | 22.5 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,723 | 18.9 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,962 | 15.9 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,976 | 15.4 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,766 | 17.2 |
| 1973 | 32 | #1,529 | 20.5 |
| 1972 | 32 | #1,524 | 19.7 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,479 | 19.2 |
| 1970 | 40 | #1,321 | 21.5 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,142 | 26.3 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,160 | 24.7 |
| 1967 | 40 | #1,190 | 22.9 |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,095 | 25.8 |
| 1965 | 52 | #1,028 | 28.0 |
| 1964 | 54 | #1,031 | 27.1 |
| 1963 | 69 | #902 | 34.0 |
| 1962 | 67 | #926 | 32.4 |
| 1961 | 66 | #942 | 31.1 |
| 1960 | 75 | #879 | 35.2 |
| 1959 | 89 | #809 | 41.7 |
| 1958 | 49 | #1,098 | 23.1 |
| 1957 | 61 | #976 | 28.3 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,060 | 24.1 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,356 | 15.5 |
| 1954 | 25 | #1,544 | 12.3 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,537 | 12.7 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,977 | 8.2 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,308 | 6.4 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,517 | 13.4 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,072 | 7.9 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,854 | 9.7 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,029 | 8.2 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,209 | 7.4 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,555 | 3.7 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,687 | 3.7 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,094 | 4.9 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,613 | 6.5 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,050 | 10.6 |
| 1940 | 16 | #1,769 | 13.8 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,988 | 6.3 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,403 | 9.0 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,344 | 5.6 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,376 | 9.6 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,796 | 15.4 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,950 | 4.8 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,471 | 6.1 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,984 | 7.7 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,590 | 5.8 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,701 | 9.1 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,761 | 5.6 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,957 | 8.1 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,967 | 5.4 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,274 | 7.2 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,383 | 7.1 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,857 | 9.1 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,134 | 8.3 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,356 | 7.3 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,661 | 6.6 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,593 | 11.2 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,501 | 4.9 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,289 | 5.4 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,351 | 7.9 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,055 | 9.8 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Kerwin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Kerwin has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 110 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Kerwin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kerwin, and how old are they?
1,930 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 78% of the 2,470 Americans ever recorded as Kerwin. The median Kerwin alive today is 49 years old; half are between 34 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 2,123 people named Kerwin (33 women and girls, 2,090 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,000 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 30 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 550 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 510 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 439 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 287 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 117 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Kerwin born?
The states with the most babies named Kerwin are New York, California and Texas, with 61% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 102 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| California | 72 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 68 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Louisiana | 65 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 33 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 33 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Hawaii | 11 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Missouri | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Jersey | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Kerwin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Kerwin
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.
More about Kerwin and names like it
- Compare Kerwin and TerenceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sKerwin peaked in 1959.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Kerwin since 1910.
- The top names of 1959The year the most babies were named Kerwin.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Kerwin alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with KMost given first.