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Kerry
Pronounced /ˈkɛɹi/
Rank in 2024
#11,577
Born in 2024
8
Peak year
1971 · #145
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:49 in 2024 (#2,686)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 8 girls were named Kerry, about 1 in every 201,649.
- It peaked in 1971 with 2,206 babies, ranked #145.
- It first shows up in the records in 1920.
- 48,652 girls have been named Kerry since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Kerry per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.4Boomers1946–64
- 0.9Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 16 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 509 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 12,878 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Gen X: 23,924 babies, 0.94 per 1,000. Millennials: 9,361 babies, 0.33 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,687 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 277 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
As an English surname, from a personal name derived from Old Norse Kári. As an Irish surname, from Ó Ciardha (“descendant of Ciardha”), from ciar (“black”).
- A surname from Middle English derived from the place name, or from the Middle English given name Kendrick.
- A male given name transferred from the surname or place name.
- A female given name transferred from the surname or place name, originally of Australian usage, also spelled Keri, Kerri and Kerrie.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈkɛɹi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Kerry, CC BY-SA 4.0.