Kerby was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).
Kerby as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#12,008 (5)
2024
#10,938 (6)
2022
#10,863 (6)
2020
#12,022 (5)
2017
#12,246 (5)
2015
#12,086 (5)
2013
#10,728 (6)
2012
#10,770 (6)
2010
#10,766 (6)
2009
#8,310 (9)
2007
#8,915 (8)
2006
#7,427 (10)
2005
#7,640 (9)
2004
#7,536 (9)
2003
#5,877 (12)
Kerby as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
1997
#9,802 (8)
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1996
#8,812 (9)
#3,795 (3)
1995
#13,386 (5)
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1994
#13,430 (5)
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1992
#7,512 (11)
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1991
#9,336 (8)
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1990
#9,247 (8)
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1989
#10,847 (6)
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1988
#7,691 (9)
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1986
#7,134 (9)
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1985
#6,031 (11)
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1984
#3,726 (21)
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1983
#5,457 (12)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1972 at #1,771.
Holding steady over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1942.
In 1997, 44% of US babies named Kerby were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 330,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.