Girls' name · since 1962
Keryn
320 babies named Keryn in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 320
- total births
- 1962–2011
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
320 girls have been named Keryn since 1962, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Keryn has 320 recorded births among girls since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2011.
- 320 total births
- 1962–2011 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 38% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keryn's 320 recorded births place it above 79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Massachusetts.
Keryn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keryn's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1962, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keryn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2011
- Peak year (1984)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Keryn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Keryn's strongest decade.
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Keryn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s
1970s
63 births
- 1980s
1980s
121 births
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
- 2000s 44
2000s
44 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 121 births (38% of all-time use).
Keryn by state
Where Keryn concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 28 | 8.8% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.6% |
28 of 320 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Keryn's decade-level peak was the 1980s (121 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Massachusetts records the most Keryns (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Massachusetts names
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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, 1962–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keryn: Baby Name Since 1962 - 320 Births, Peak 1984." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keryn. 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 Keryn 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.