Masculine dossier · first seen 1921

Kerry

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kerry
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.7% from peak

Peak era

1960

Peak rank proxy

2,176

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1921Peak 19602024

Peak year

1960

Decline from peak

97.7%

2024

All-time

49,911

Kerry once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1960, when 2,176 boys were named Kerry.

In 2024, only 49 boys were given the name.

Down 97.7% from its peak.

All told, about 49,911 Americans have been named Kerry and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1921.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.7% from peak

19602,176 boys named Kerry

202449 boys named Kerry

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