girls:
807 births since 1996
#4909 (14th percentile)
boys:
178 births since 1989
#4408 (4th percentile)
overall:
985 births since 1989
#6754 (13th percentile)
The name Kerrington is the #6,754 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 985 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 12.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,909 (14.1% percentile) for all time with 807 births since 1996. For boys, it ranks #4,408 (3.8% percentile) for all time with 178 births since 1989.
Kerrington first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (1989 for boys and 1996 for girls). Birth data for Kerrington is available in 32 out of the 35 years between 1989 and 2023 (28 years for girls and 23 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 Kerrington has been given predominantly to girls, with 81.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 54.5% of babies named Kerrington were girls. Interestingly, until around 1999, the name was more popular for boys (64.7% boys from 1989 to 1998), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (85.4% girls from 1999 to 2023).
For girls, Kerrington reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 8.1% percentile (ranked #881) with 41 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 41 births per million (ranked 8.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kerrington ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 8.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kerrington reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #804) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kerrington ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 38.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kerrington".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kerrington. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.1% confident that Kerrington is pronounced as KAIR-rihngt-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KER-een-tuhn, at 14.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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