Kerby
Kerby was the 13020th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1961, when it ranked 1586th with 26 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 93 places. More babies were named Kerby in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #13,020 boys, up 131 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 5boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 196126 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,006babies recorded
Kerby popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #13,020 | — | 5 |
| 2020 | — | #13,151 | — | 5 |
| 2010 | — | #11,532 | — | 6 |
| 2000 | — | #6,599 | — | 10 |
| 1990 | #9,703 | #3,535 | 8 | 17 |
| 1980 | — | #3,739 | — | 11 |
| 1970 | — | #3,178 | — | 10 |
| 1960 | — | #1,945 | — | 18 |
| 1950 | — | #2,906 | — | 8 |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Kerby, counting every spelling?
Kerby has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kerby?
5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kerby (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kerby born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kerby.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kerby?
About 800 people born in the US named Kerby are alive today, with a median age of 46; half are between 31 and 60. That makes Kerby mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kerby: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kerby, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kerby
How popular is the name Kerby?
Kerby was the 13020th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1961, when it ranked 1586th with 26 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 93 places. More babies were named Kerby in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Kerby a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kerby in the US.