girls:
122 births since 1983
#5594 (2nd percentile)
boys:
873 births since 1942
#3714 (19th percentile)
overall:
995 births since 1942
#6744 (13th percentile)
The name Kerby is the #6,744 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 995 recorded births since 1942. This represents the 12.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,714 (19.0% percentile) for all time with 873 births since 1942. For girls, it ranks #5,594 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 122 births since 1983.
Kerby first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1942 (1942 for boys and 1983 for girls). Birth data for Kerby is available in 69 out of the 81 years between 1942 and 2022 (69 years for boys and 13 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kerby has been given predominantly to boys, with 87.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Kerby were boys.
For boys, Kerby reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #644) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Kerby reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #772) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1997.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kerby".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kerby. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.8% confident that Kerby is pronounced as KER-bee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAIR-bee, at 12.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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