Kherington — girls' name
441 babies named Kherington in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Kherington was born in this single decade.
80 babies were named Kherington in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kherington
The Social Security Administration has registered 441 babies named Kherington between 2008 and 2021, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kherington currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 80 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kherington performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 280 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kherington shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kherington in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kherington 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 441 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.
Kherington at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kherington popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2008
- Peak year (2009)
- 80
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
441 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 80 births in a single year.
Kherington by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 280 births that decade — 63% of Kherington's all-time total
Kherington decade highlights
- Peak decade 280 births
- Runner-up 146 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kherington's strongest decade
280 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Kherington by state
Where Kherington concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 32 | 7.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 12 | 2.7% |
| #3 | California | | 11 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 10 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 6 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 5 | 1.1% |
32 of 441 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.3% of nationwide
- Florida 2.7% of nationwide
- California 2.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kherington appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2008–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.