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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Kerry.

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Its story

Popularity since 1920

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 96 recorded years as a table

Kerry, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1920	4
1925	5
1927	4
1932	7
1934	6
1935	5
1936	8
1937	11
1938	10
1939	9
1940	19
1941	21
1942	31
1943	62
1944	113
1945	95
1946	95
1947	111
1948	161
1949	231
1950	279
1951	273
1952	300
1953	302
1954	300
1955	315
1956	369
1957	398
1958	401
1959	391
1960	470
1961	515
1962	555
1963	603
1964	621
1965	522
1966	610
1967	762
1968	1,058
1969	1,099
1970	1,047
1971	1,326
1972	1,256
1973	1,285
1974	1,178
1975	1,150
1976	989
1977	848
1978	753
1979	619
1980	602
1981	563
1982	554
1983	470
1984	434
1985	391
1986	407
1987	385
1988	336
1989	304
1990	293
1991	254
1992	238
1993	206
1994	190
1995	168
1996	165
1997	156
1998	113
1999	113
2000	100
2001	83
2002	78
2003	55
2004	47
2005	43
2006	38
2007	23
2008	20
2009	17
2010	17
2011	20
2012	15
2013	22
2014	21
2015	15
2016	17
2017	17
2018	10
2019	13
2020	14
2021	10
2022	10
2023	8
2024	5
2025	14

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kerry isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Kerry

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 22
Rank in 2025: #5,554
How rare: 1 in 73,057 girls
Since 1920: 48,675

Most popular in 1971, at 1,326 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 6% per million girls born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.