Kerin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KER-in
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Kerin is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Kerin come from?
Variant of Keren or Kieran
Is Kerin a girl's or a boy's name?
Kerin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kerin in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 5 girls.
Kerin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 2 | #7,797 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 2 | #6,613 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 2 | #5,117 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 2 | #5,038 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Kerin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Kerin, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1957, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the boys named Kerin in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1986, 71% of the babies named Kerin in the US were girls.
Kerin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
Names like Kerin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caitlin, Teagan, Aoibheann, Keira, Caragh, Raegan, Ffion, Eireann, Cassidy, Caoimhe, Bree, Tegan
Names related to Kerin
Keren, Karin, Kirin, Keryn, Kerryn, Kerrin, Kieran, Kyrin, Keiran, Kieren, Kieron, Kerwin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kerin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kerin, updated 20 October 2026.