Kerin
Kerin was the 13021st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked 2146th with 15 babies. More babies were named Kerin in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #13,021 boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 195715 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,595babies recorded
Kerin popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #13,021 | — | 5 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | #18,477 | — | 5 | — |
| 2000 | #6,997 | — | 15 | — |
| 1990 | #5,688 | #7,659 | 16 | 6 |
| 1980 | #2,720 | #4,334 | 34 | 9 |
| 1970 | #2,329 | #5,103 | 33 | 5 |
| 1960 | #2,031 | #3,216 | 32 | 8 |
| 1950 | #5,694 | — | 5 | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Kerin, counting every spelling?
Kerin is a spelling of Karon, a name family that had 38 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 38 boys in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kerin?
5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kerin (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kerin 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 Kerin.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kerin?
About 200 people born in the US named Kerin are alive today, with a median age of 47; half are between 35 and 61. That makes Kerin 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 Kerin: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kerin, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kerin
How popular is the name Kerin?
Kerin was the 13021st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked 2146th with 15 babies. More babies were named Kerin in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Kerin a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kerin in the US.