Keri vs Kerrington
American parents have registered 32,386 Keris since 1880, against 1,003 Kerringtons. Keri is still ahead, with 14 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Keri Kerrington
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 80 years in which either name was published, Keri for 72 years and Kerrington for 8 years. The lead changed hands 10 times.
- 1946–2008 Keri ahead
- 2009 Kerrington ahead
- 2010–2011 Keri ahead
- 2012–2013 Kerrington ahead
- 2014 Keri ahead
- 2015–2016 Kerrington ahead
- 2017–2018 Keri ahead
- 2019–2020 Kerrington ahead
- 2021–2023 Keri ahead
- 2024 Kerrington ahead
- 2025 Keri ahead
Side by side
| Keri | Kerrington | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 32,386 | 1,003 |
| Most in one year | 1,517 | 92 |
| Babies in 2025 | 14 | 9 |
| Estimated living today | 31,000 | 990 |
| Median age today | 46 | 16 |
| Peak year | 1975 | 2009 |
| Best rank | 174th girls | 2,338th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 7,491st | 10,107th |
| First recorded | 1946 | 1989 |
| Girls / boys | 32,061 / 325 | 825 / 178 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Keris alive today are over 46; half the Kerringtons are over 16. That is 30 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Keri Rhode Island (2.2×), Idaho (1.8×), Oregon (1.7×)
- Kerrington Tennessee (8.2×), Georgia (7.0×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Keri and Kerrington.