Kerrington
Feminine
Kerrington is given to both — 825 girls and 178 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Kerrington is a surname that does not exist. It is built to the pattern of Harrington and Remington, and the pattern is worth knowing: in genuine English place names the -ing- means a people, and -ton means their farm.
How old is the name Kerrington?
Kerrington first appears in US birth records in 1996 — 29 years ago. The typical Kerrington alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 800 people named Kerrington are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kerrington most popular?
Kerrington peaked in 2009, reaching #2338 nationally. Today it ranks #10107, 7,769 places below that high. See the whole 2009 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kerrington
English place names ending in -ington are among the oldest documents the country has. Kensington is the farm of Cynesige's people; Islington, Paddington and Warrington are built the same way, from a personal name, the group suffix that means the followers or descendants of, and tun, an enclosure or farmstead. They record Anglo-Saxon settlement patterns and were fixed on the map by the eleventh century. American naming has taken the shape and left the history: the three-syllable -ington ending is instantly recognizable as an English surname, so a coinage that ends that way inherits the signal without needing the settlement. Kerrington, Everington and Addington behave exactly like the real ones in every respect except that no such place has ever existed.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Kerrington is a modern American formation on the model of English -ington surnames, most likely from Kerry or Kerr with that ending attached. Real -ington names are place names built from a personal name, the group suffix -ingas, meaning the people of, and tun, a farmstead. Kerrington has no such place behind it; the peak is 2009.
Pronouncing Kerrington
KER-ing-tuhn
Three syllables, stress on the first. Carrington differs only in the first vowel and is regularly substituted.
Nicknames for Kerrington
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
- 1996
- Most girls named
- 200983 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2338reached in 2009
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%9 in 2025, from 9
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.
Kerrington in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kerington in English — spelling variant
- Carrington in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Tennessee, South Carolina.
Kerringtons among us
people named Kerrington are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 178,585 born in 2025 was named Kerrington
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Aurielle test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kerrington's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Aurielle climbed just as high around 1989, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Aurielle's path sketches the road Kerrington is walking now.
Kerrington sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Kerrington beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kerrington in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Kerri and Kerry are ready short forms with long histories of their own.
- The -ington shape is instantly recognizable to English speakers.
- Three syllables with a firm opening stress.
- It is not an actual surname, which matters to anyone who checks.
- Carrington and Kerington will both be written.
- Three syllables plus a surname makes a long full name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kerringtons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Kerrington are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kerrington in 2025?
- Kerrington ranks #10107 among US girl names in 2025, with 9 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kerrington?
- About 1 in every 178,585 US girls born in 2025 was named Kerrington — 9 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kerrington with classmates?
- Kerrington will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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