Kerri
Masculine · “of the dark-haired people”
Kerri is given to girls far more often — 37,021 girls against 348 boys since 1880. See Kerri as a girl name
Kerri entered the US charts in 1958, peaked at #2046 in 1969, is rarely given in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Kerri?
Kerri first appears in US birth records in 1958 — 67 years ago. The typical Kerri alive today was born around 1976, making them about 49 years old. About 300 people named Kerri are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kerri most popular?
Kerri peaked in 1969, reaching #2046 nationally. See the whole 1969 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ciar to Kerri
The story of Kerri
Irish county names crossed into given-name use in the twentieth century — Kerry, Clare, Shannon, Erin — usually masculine first and then decisively feminine. Kerry made that move in America in the 1960s, and the respellings arrived immediately behind it in the endings then fashionable: Kerri, Kerrie, Keri. Kerri peaked in the early 1970s, at the crest of the whole -i wave.
Meaning
of the dark-haired people
From the Irish Ciarraí, 'the people of Ciar'. Ciar is a personal name from the Irish ciar, 'dark' or 'black', and the territory took its name from the tribe that took its name from him. The chain is documented at every step.
How the name formed
- ciar
- Ciar
- Ciarraí
- Kerry
- Kerri
Related forms: Ciarraí · Ciara · Kerry · Keri
Pronouncing Kerri
KER-ee
Two syllables, stress on the first. All four spellings are said identically.
Nicknames for Kerri
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1958
- Most boys named
- 197519 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2046reached in 1969
- Change vs 1993
- +66.7%10 in 1994, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kerri in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ciarraí in Irish — related form
- Ciara in Irish — related form
- Kerry in English — spelling variant
- Keri in English — spelling variant
Kerris among us
people named Kerri are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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Fashion outlook
Kerri sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
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Frequently asked
- How many Kerris are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Kerri are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kerri in 2025?
- Kerri is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Kerri with classmates?
- Kerri will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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