Kerby
Boy · KER-bee · English
Kerby is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “church settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Kerby mean?
English: variant of Kirby, an English place name of Old Norse origin
“church settlement”
A spelling of Kirby, a northern English place name from Old Norse for 'village with a church'.
- Say it
- KER-bee
Is Kerby a girl's or a boy's name?
Kerby is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kerby in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Kerby, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1942.
Half of all the boys named Kerby in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kerby in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 22 | #1,915 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1961 | 26 | #1,569 |
| 1960 | 18 | #1,909 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,018 |
| 1956 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
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