Kerr
Kerr is a boy's name that peaked in 1972, when it was the 3,963rd most popular in the United States. It has not appeared in the national data since 2023. About 20 Kerrs are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 41.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Kerr
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 23
- Estimated living today
- 20
- Median age today
- 41
- Peak year
- 1972
- Best rank
- 3,963rd
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1972
Notable Kerrs
- Kerr Smith (born 1972)American actor
People named Kerr with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names of 1972
The most popular boys’ names the year Kerr peaked:
Kerr elsewhere
| Country | Spelling | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland boys | Kerr | 1,128 | 111th |
| England and Wales boys | Kerr | 18 | 3,416th |
Counts come from each country's own records and are not comparable with the US figures above, which cover different years and a different definition of a recorded name. Where a country writes the name several ways, the spellings are added together and the most common is shown. A row marked name registrations is counting something else: Portugal ranks each of a child's two given names separately, so a girl registered Maria Leonor is in both the Maria row and the Leonor row, and that figure is not a number of children.
Related names
Kerr against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.