NameTides

Kerr

Kerr was the #278 boys' name in Scotland in 2025 (13 babies).

Kerr as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Kerr as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020Scotland
Kerr as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotland
2025——#278 (13)
2024——#382 (9)
2023#10,821 (6)—#321 (11)
2022——#292 (13)
2021—#4,789 (3)#207 (22)
2020——#261 (15)
2019——#204 (23)
2018——#288 (13)
2017——#264 (17)
2016——#239 (19)
2015——#239 (19)
2014——#216 (23)
2013——#227 (20)
2012—#3,416 (5)#174 (33)
2011——#220 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Scotland in 2006 at #111.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the Scotland records since the data begins in 1974.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 baby boys in the published Scotland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Kerr is likely to keep falling in Scotland in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 3,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.