# Kerri (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kerri/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 37,369 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 348 / 37,021 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 431, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 41 | 3,755 |
| 2012 | 36 | 4,176 |
| 2013 | 45 | 3,498 |
| 2014 | 28 | 4,961 |
| 2015 | 21 | 6,141 |
| 2016 | 31 | 4,585 |
| 2017 | 32 | 4,438 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6,667 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6,299 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,402 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,875 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,797 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,282 |
| 2024 | 18 | 6,532 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,787 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 12 | 3,463 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,245 |
| 1981 | 6 | 5,899 |
| 1982 | 17 | 2,772 |
| 1983 | 15 | 3,006 |
| 1984 | 11 | 3,821 |
| 1985 | 9 | 4,523 |
| 1986 | 15 | 3,210 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,559 |
| 1988 | 11 | 4,324 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,612 |
| 1990 | 9 | 5,615 |
| 1991 | 12 | 4,635 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,184 |
| 1994 | 10 | 5,696 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 96 | 354 |
| 1997 | 62 | 466 |
| 1998 | 48 | 561 |
| 1999 | 38 | 641 |
| 2000 | 23 | 930 |
| 2001 | 32 | 765 |
| 2002 | 26 | 890 |
| 2003 | 24 | 996 |
| 2004 | 21 | 1,106 |
| 2005 | 20 | 1,200 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 22 | 1,234 |
| 2008 | 10 | 2,292 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |

## People named Kerri

- Kerri Walsh Jennings, American professional beach volleyball player
- Kerri Strug, American gymnast
- Kerri Green, American actress
- Kerri Pottharst, Australian volleyball player
- Kerri Kenney, American actress and musician
- Kerri Hoskins, American actress and model
- Kerri Chandler, American disc jockey and musician
- Karri McMahon, Australian field hockey player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.