Name profile

Kerry

This name comes from the name of the Irish county, called Ciarraí in Irish Gaelic, which means " Ciar 's people".

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#2,451

Meaning and history

Kerry is a name derived from the Irish county Ciarraí, which in Irish Gaelic means “Ciar’s people.”

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 99 births, rank #1,519
2007: 87 births, rank #1,721
2008: 85 births, rank #1,760
2009: 70 births, rank #1,990
2010: 65 births, rank #2,069
20112011: 61 births, rank #2,145
2012: 53 births, rank #2,380
2013: 71 births, rank #1,942
2014: 62 births, rank #2,175
2015: 62 births, rank #2,189
20162016: 53 births, rank #2,412
2017: 57 births, rank #2,295
2018: 51 births, rank #2,507
2019: 43 births, rank #2,851
2020: 39 births, rank #2,980
20212021: 42 births, rank #2,918
2022: 55 births, rank #2,493
2023: 35 births, rank #3,347
2024: 49 births, rank #2,674
20252025: 55 births, rank #2,451

Kerry moved from #964 to #973 for boys between 1999 and 2004. Its highest annual birth count came in 1960, with 2,176 births.