Kerri
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Kerri is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “people of Ciar”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Kerri mean?
Irish: spelling of Kerry, from the Irish county
“people of Ciar”
From County Kerry in Ireland, named after the Ciarraige, 'people of Ciar'.
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Is Kerri a girl's or a boy's name?
Kerri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kerri 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 125 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kerri in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2003. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Kerri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | #7,588 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 2 | #7,494 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 2 | #7,447 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 41 | #848 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 2005 | 33 | #900 |
| 2004 | 43 | #716 |
| 2003 | 48 | #658 |
| 2002 | 56 | #577 |
| 2001 | 70 | #480 |
| 2000 | 51 | #590 |
| 1999 | 76 | #454 |
| 1998 | 83 | #420 |
| 1997 | 109 | #349 |
| 1996 | 125 | #315 |
How popular is Kerri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Kerri, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 1,597 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945.
Half of all the girls named Kerri in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 girls in the US were given Kerri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,538, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Kerri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 45 | #3,463 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 41 | #3,722 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,289 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,939 |
| 2005 | 67 | #2,549 |
| 2004 | 83 | #2,152 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,560 |
| 2002 | 123 | #1,534 |
| 2001 | 129 | #1,457 |
| 2000 | 151 | #1,278 |
| 1999 | 177 | #1,119 |
| 1998 | 208 | #973 |
| 1997 | 282 | #754 |
| 1996 | 315 | #689 |
| 1995 | 315 | #674 |
| 1994 | 346 | #633 |
| 1993 | 378 | #607 |
| 1992 | 488 | #496 |
| 1991 | 484 | #493 |
| 1990 | 574 | #436 |
| 1989 | 551 | #442 |
| 1988 | 731 | #336 |
| 1987 | 729 | #336 |
| 1986 | 782 | #307 |
| 1985 | 854 | #290 |
| 1984 | 888 | #270 |
| 1983 | 857 | #275 |
| 1982 | 1,029 | #244 |
| 1981 | 1,024 | #244 |
| 1980 | 1,119 | #228 |
| 1979 | 1,110 | #235 |
| 1978 | 1,222 | #208 |
| 1977 | 1,438 | #188 |
| 1976 | 1,508 | #167 |
| 1975 | 1,597 | #166 |
| 1974 | 1,577 | #171 |
| 1973 | 1,504 | #180 |
| 1972 | 1,501 | #190 |
| 1971 | 1,575 | #195 |
| 1970 | 1,416 | #223 |
| 1969 | 1,240 | #242 |
| 1968 | 1,239 | #234 |
| 1967 | 879 | #288 |
| 1966 | 684 | #340 |
| 1965 | 606 | #371 |
| 1964 | 702 | #355 |
| 1963 | 659 | #380 |
| 1962 | 563 | #409 |
| 1961 | 508 | #438 |
| 1960 | 478 | #445 |
| 1959 | 393 | #490 |
| 1958 | 313 | #549 |
| 1957 | 260 | #605 |
| 1956 | 194 | #686 |
| 1955 | 109 | #943 |
| 1954 | 116 | #890 |
| 1953 | 72 | #1,136 |
| 1952 | 51 | #1,350 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,433 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,120 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,619 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
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