girls:
1.3k births since 1935
#4406 (23rd percentile)
boys:
267 births since 1954
#4319 (6th percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1935
#6161 (20th percentile)
The name Kerin is the #6,161 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,585 recorded births since 1935. This represents the 20.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,406 (22.9% percentile) for all time with 1,318 births since 1935. For boys, it ranks #4,319 (5.8% percentile) for all time with 267 births since 1954.
Kerin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1935 (1935 for girls and 1954 for boys). Birth data for Kerin is available in 70 out of the 89 years between 1935 and 2023 (67 years for girls and 36 years for boys). 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 Kerin has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Kerin were girls.
For girls, Kerin reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #739) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2013.
For boys, Kerin reached its peak popularity in 1957, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #648) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1957, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kerin ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 55.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kerin".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kerin", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 19 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Karin" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Karin..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kerin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.2% confident that Kerin is pronounced as KEH-rihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-ruhn, at 9.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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