girls:
48.6k births since 1920
#587 (90th percentile)
boys:
49.9k births since 1921
#499 (89th percentile)
overall:
98.5k births since 1920
#690 (91st percentile)
The name Kerry is the #690 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 98,503 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 91.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 91.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #499 (89.1% percentile) for all time with 49,861 births since 1921. For girls, it ranks #587 (89.7% percentile) for all time with 48,642 births since 1920.
Kerry first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (1920 for girls and 1921 for boys).
The name Kerry is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 72.9% of babies named Kerry were boys. Interestingly, until around 1921, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1920 to 1920), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (50.6% boys from 1921 to 2023).
For boys, Kerry reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 76.5% percentile (ranked #157) with 940 births per million. The name was most common in 1960, with 1,004 births per million (ranked 76.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1986, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kerry ranks #881 for boys (3.3% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 1.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kerry reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 81.4% percentile (ranked #144) with 1,259 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 1,259 births per million (ranked 81.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kerry ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 0.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kerry".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Kerry. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Kerry is pronounced as KEH-ree, which has 2 syllables.
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