Kerem

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kerem: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kerem: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,121 in 2015, and it stood at #1,402 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1121highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#2022
1998	#1821
1999	#1505
2000	#1425
2001	#1286
2002	#1322
2003	#1962
2004	#2070
2005	#1716
2006	#1168
2007	#1506
2008	#2097
2009	#1265
2010	#1201
2011	#1398
2012	#1430
2013	#1706
2014	#1178
2015	#1121
2016	#1123
2017	#1339
2018	#1324
2019	#1587
2020	#1314
2021	#1329
2022	#1420
2023	#1207
2024	#1402

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1121 among boys in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1402 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kerem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kerem in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000s	115	10 of 10	12
2010s	192	10 of 10	19
2020sbusiest	98	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kerem appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1121 in England and Wales in 2015.

Kerem's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1402	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1207	23	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1420	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1314	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1324	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1123	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1121	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1178	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1398	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1201	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1286	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,121, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,402position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
25births registered in its largest year, 201625 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Saleha · #1122, 29y
Mikel · #1119, 26y
Memphis · #1124, 25y
Willoughby · #1124, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Saleha · #1122, 29y
Mikel · #1119, 26y
Taylor-James · #1119, 17y
Memphis · #1124, 25y

Kerem and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kerem without appearing here.

Kerem moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1716 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1168 and #2538.
Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1505 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1425 and #2501.
Rodney Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1506 and #1361 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2097 and #3158.
Glenn Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2097 and #1828 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1265 and #2318.

Moved ahead of Kerem

Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1322 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1962 and #1092.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1962 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2070 and #1347.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1168 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1506 and #926.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1286 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1322 and #848.

Moved the opposite way to Kerem

Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kerem went from #2022 to #1207 while Kelly went from #1454 to #3523.
Morten Compare
Between 1997 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Kerem went from #2022 to #1121 while Morten went from #2859 to #4747.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1121 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kerem

Kerem at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kerem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kerem appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Kerem and the names beside it

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Kerem at a glance

Kerem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kerem appears in

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Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Kerem and the names beside it

Kerem moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kerem

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