Kerri

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kerri: Recorded since 1977, it reached #104 in 1997, and it was last ranked in 2018.

3registrars recorded it
66times a registrar ranked it
42years from first to last
#104highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2009

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#354
1997	#466
1998	#561
1999	#641
2000	#930
2001	#765
2002	#890
2003	#996
2004	#1106
2005	#1200
2006	#3548
2007	#1234
2008	#2292
2009	#4564

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 39 of the 42 years from 1977 to 2018.

In 2009: #364 among girls in Northern Ireland, #488 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4564 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1977–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1977
First recorded at #429 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1977 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2009
Highest recorded position: #104 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2009).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2018.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kerri appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 39 years beginning in 1977, and has registered 520 births with the name.

Kerri across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kerri's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#429 (1977)	#120 (2001)	#896 (2018)	39 of 42	520 (1977–2018)	37 (2001)
England and Wales · Girls	#354 (1996)	#354 (1996)	#4564 (2009)	14 of 14	431 (1996–2009)	96 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#104 (1997)	#104 (1997)	#364 (2009)	13 of 13	156 (1997–2009)	22 (1997)

Kerri by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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 Kerri in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	11	2 of 10	6
1980s	76	10 of 10	8
1990s	192	10 of 10	19
2000sbusiest	214	10 of 10	21
2010s	27	7 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Kerri appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1977 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #104 in Northern Ireland in 1999.

Kerri'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
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1200	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1106	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#996	24	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#890	26	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#765	32	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#930	23	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#641	38	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#561	48	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#466	62	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#354	96	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#364	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#190	10	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#177	10	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#151	12	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#132	14	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#155	11	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#126	15	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#163	10	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#104	20	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#129	16	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#104	22	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#501	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	15	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	14	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#151	30	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	27	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	33	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	20	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#120	37	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	22	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	27	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#133	29	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#176	26	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#216	18	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	14	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	11	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	21	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	16	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	12	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#214	18	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	18	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	12	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	11	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#334	8	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#421	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#438	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1977 and 2018, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #104, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 96 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Kerry · #11, 70y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Liva · #107, 36y
Caoimhin · #99, 39y
Matias · #109, 44y
Katy · #111, 41y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Lilja · #104, 31y
Dominik · #103, 51y
Liva · #107, 36y
Annabel · #100, 35y

Kerri was ranked #104 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kerri 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 Kerri without appearing here.

Kerri moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3548 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1234 and #4294.
Cheryl Compare
In 2016 they stood at #937 and #550 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #579 and #873.
Ingrid Compare
In 2016 they stood at #894 and #894 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #579 and #873.
Pamela Compare
In 2016 they stood at #752 and #752 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #579 and #873.

Moved ahead of Kerri

Jayden Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1200 and #1343 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3548 and #855.
Luca Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2292 and #2721 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2019.
Alma Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1200 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3548 and #1087.
Cameron Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1200 and #1295 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3548 and #1087.

Moved the opposite way to Kerri

Alexandra Compare
Between 1977 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kerri went from #429 to #896 while Alexandra went from #283 to #113.
Alice Compare
Between 1977 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kerri went from #429 to #896 while Alice went from #141 to #33.
Amy Compare
Between 1977 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kerri went from #429 to #896 while Amy went from #154 to #62.
Caitlin Compare
Between 1977 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kerri went from #429 to #896 while Caitlin went from #518 to #179.

Moved the same way as Kerri

Alma Compare
Between 1977 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kerri went from #429 to #896 and Alma from #240 to #512.
Angela Compare
Between 1977 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kerri went from #429 to #896 and Angela from #60 to #361.
Astrid Compare
Between 1977 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kerri went from #429 to #896 and Astrid from #518 to #734.
Audrey Compare
Between 1977 and 2018 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kerri went from #429 to #896 and Audrey from #64 to #568.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1977 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #104 in Northern Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Kerri

Kerri at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kerri across 3 official records

Kerri by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kerri appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kerri

Kerri and the names beside it

Kerri moved ahead of

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Kerri at a glance

Kerri across 3 official records

Kerri by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kerri appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kerri

Kerri and the names beside it

Kerri moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kerri

Moved the opposite way to Kerri

Moved the same way as Kerri