Unisex name · since 1969
Kery
76 babies named Kery in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 76
- total births
- 1969–1989
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
Kery sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 76 recorded since 1969.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kery has been recorded 76 times among girls since 1969, though it is not among the currently most-used girls 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 1969 to 1989.
- 76 total births
- 1969–1989 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 57% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kery's 76 recorded births place it above 58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kery's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kery's full recorded timeline at 1976, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kery popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1989
- Peak year (1978)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Kery popularity over time - boys
60 total births recorded since 1961 (Kery as boys' name)
Kery by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kery's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Kery births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
43 births
- 1980s
1980s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 43 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Kery's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (43 total births) through the 1980s (28) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1969–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kery: Baby Name Since 1969 - 76 Births, Peak 1978." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kery. 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 Kery 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.