Boys' name · since 1960
Kerwyn
Kerwyn has 17 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1960 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 17
- total births
- 1960–1978
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
Kerwyn is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 17 have been recorded since 1960.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kerwyn has been recorded 17 times among boys since 1960, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1978.
- 17 total births
- 1960–1978 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 65% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kerwyn's 17 recorded births place it above 33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kerwyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kerwyn splits its recorded history at 1972: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kerwyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1978
- Peak year (1960)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Kerwyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kerwyn's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Kerwyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 11 births (65% 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, 1960–1978 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kerwyn: Baby Name Since 1960 - 17 Births, Peak 1960." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kerwyn. 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 Kerwyn 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.