Kerin
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kerin has been given to 1,595 babies in the U.S. since 1935. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1981, with 43 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% girls, 17% boys all-time.
Babies named Kerin, 2013
1 in 729,000
Kerin over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Kerin over time
In 2025, Kerin went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Kerin?
Kerin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2013, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2013
- 1 in 729,000
- 5 of 3,645,938 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 351,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2013
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 505,435 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kerin sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2013 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 505,435 children born in 2013 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kerin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kerins were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kerin was born before 1974 — so the typical Kerin is around 51 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1960s
- 23.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 19.7%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,262
- People you could plausibly meet
1960s — 23.6% of all recorded uses (311).
Is Kerin rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1981 (43)
- Years since peak
- 44
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 35.4% average annual change
Spellings of Kerin
Kerin is not the most common spelling — Karen is, with 51.3% against Kerin's 0.07%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Kerin is used
Across 1910–2025, Kerin was most concentrated in Massachusetts — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 128,802 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Massachusetts1 in 25,000
- 2New York1 in 100,000
- 3California1 in —
- 4Pennsylvania1 in —
- 5Washington1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kerin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Kerin around the world
Where Kerin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1996–2001#3,998in 2001
- Scotland2004–2015#806in 2015
- South Australia1944–1991#669in 1991
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Kerin by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Kerin
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kerin
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.