girls:
76 births since 1969
#5640 (1st percentile)
boys:
60 births since 1961
#4526 (1st percentile)
overall:
136 births since 1961
#7603 (2nd percentile)
The name Kery is the #7,603 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 136 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 1.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,640 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 76 births since 1969. For boys, it ranks #4,526 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 60 births since 1961.
Kery first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (1961 for boys and 1969 for girls). Birth data for Kery is available in 19 out of the 31 years between 1961 and 1991 (13 years for girls and 10 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 Kery has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (55.9% of all recorded births). In 1991, 0.0% of babies named Kery were girls. Interestingly, until around 1972, the name was more popular for boys (65.2% boys from 1961 to 1971), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (66.7% girls from 1972 to 1991).
For girls, Kery reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #820) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1989.
For boys, Kery reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #710) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1991.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kery".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kery. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.5% confident that Kery is pronounced as KEH-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KIH-ree, at 10.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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