Girls' name · peaked in 1975
Kerri name popularity since 1925
37,369 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kerri (99.1% girls, 0.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1976 or earlier, so the typical Kerri is about 50 years old in 2026. Kerri peaked in 1975 as the #167 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 37,369
- Named Kerri, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #9,787 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.1% girls
- 37,021 girls · 348 boys
- Most popular in
- Rhode Island
- 7.80× its national share
Peak year is the year Kerri made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kerri births per year, 1925–2025
1975 was the biggest year for Kerri both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1955 and 1960, Kerri became 4.2× more common, from 1 in 17,900 baby girls to 1 in 4,230.
- Steepest fall: Between 1996 and 2001, its share of baby girls fell by 60%, from 1 in 5,570 to 1 in 14,000.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kerri's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kerri.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kerri in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 45 | 0 | #3,841 |
| 1950s | 1,572 | 11 | #945 |
| 1960s | 7,558 | 77 | #371 |
| 1970s | 14,448 | 121 | #167 |
| 1980s | 8,564 | 102 | #291 |
| 1990s | 3,567 | 37 | #676 |
| 2000s | 870 | 0 | #2,568 |
| 2010s | 322 | 0 | #6,141 |
| 2020–25 | 75 | 0 | #9,787 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
54.6% of babies named Kerri from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Kerri is most popular
The index compares Kerri's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kerri.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 7.80× | 962 |
| Massachusetts | 3.32× | 2,750 |
| Oklahoma | 1.58× | 717 |
| Nebraska | 1.54× | 376 |
| New Jersey | 1.42× | 1,358 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kerri and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Kerri (this page) | 37,021 | 1975 |
| Keri | 32,061 | 1975 |
| Kerrie | 8,589 | 1975 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kerri's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kerri.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kerri (1975).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data