Kerrie

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kerrie: Recorded since 1952, it reached #28 in 1957, and it stood at #764 in 2021.

4registrars recorded it
100times a registrar ranked it
70years from first to last
#28highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2012

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#428
1997	#496
1998	#683
1999	#631
2000	#701
2001	#936
2002	#998
2003	#996
2004	#2112
2005	#1690
2006	#2509
2007	#2233
2008	#2150
2009	#3031
2010	#3533
2012	#4838

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 46 of the 50 years from 1972 to 2021.

In 2012: #907 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4838 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1952–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #54 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1952–1975
Highest recorded position: #28 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1957 (recorded 1952–1975).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #764 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2021.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kerrie appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 46 ranked years and 702 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1952.

Kerrie across 4 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.

Kerrie'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	#471 (1972)	#122 (1991)	#764 (2021)	46 of 50	702 (1972–2021)	44 (1991)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#54 (1952)	#28 (1957)	#78 (1975)	24 of 24	5,289 (1952–1975)	376 (1960)
England and Wales · Girls	#428 (1996)	#428 (1996)	#4838 (2012)	16 of 17	375 (1996–2012)	73 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#172 (1997)	#155 (2001)	#363 (2011)	14 of 15	94 (1997–2011)	11 (1997)

Kerrie 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 Kerrie in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	68	7 of 10	10
1980s	191	10 of 10	19
1990sbusiest	256	10 of 10	26
2000s	145	10 of 10	15
2010s	32	7 of 10	5
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 26 births a year.

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

Kerrie 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 4 regions, from 1952 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #28 in New South Wales, Australia in 1957.

Kerrie'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
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#996	24	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#998	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#936	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#701	34	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#631	40	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#683	35	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#496	56	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#428	73	High	Verified
1975	New South Wales, Australia	female	#78	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	119	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	female	#63	139	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	159	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	female	#62	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	female	#56	171	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	204	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#57	154	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#53	157	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#47	192	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	235	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	218	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#40	281	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#35	340	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	376	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#30	330	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	261	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#28	330	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	318	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	220	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	266	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#39	257	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#54	157	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#363	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#366	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#185	8	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#155	11	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#184	8	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#181	9	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#164	11	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#172	11	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#597	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	14	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	17	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	26	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	17	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	25	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	17	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	16	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	18	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#219	20	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	21	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	27	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	27	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#223	17	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	28	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#122	44	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	38	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#240	15	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	27	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	23	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	14	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	17	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	18	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#214	22	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	18	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	23	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#283	14	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	19	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#244	17	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#283	12	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	9	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
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 4 registrars between 1952 and 2021, ranked in 67 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #28, first reached in 1957.

It held a top-100 place in 24 years, 24 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 376 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1960.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1972, and 45 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.

Kerim · #1188, 26y
Kerri · #104, 39y
Kerry · #11, 70y
Kerry-Ann · #689, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Gillian · #27, 68y
Ciaran · #23, 62y
Brent · #22, 63y
Carmel · #21, 67y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Gillian · #27, 68y
Glen · #29, 74y
Joanna · #29, 67y
Nigel · #27, 69y

Kerrie was ranked #28 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1957. 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.

Kerrie 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 Kerrie without appearing here.

Kerrie moved ahead of

Kerry Compare
In 2019 they stood at #550 and #550 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2020 that had become #544 and #834.
Sharon Compare
In 2019 they stood at #871 and #871 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2020 that had become #544 and #834.
Wendy Compare
In 2019 they stood at #871 and #621 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2020 that had become #544 and #834.
Tracey Compare
In 1997 they stood at #219 and #213 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #185 and #425.

Moved ahead of Kerrie

Jesse Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3533 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #2521.
Ezra Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3533 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #2969.
Kristine Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3533 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #2969.
Tracy Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3533 and #4012 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #2969.

Moved the opposite way to Kerrie

Alexandra Compare
Between 1972 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kerrie went from #471 to #764 while Alexandra went from #232 to #106.
Alice Compare
Between 1972 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kerrie went from #471 to #764 while Alice went from #142 to #40.
Amy Compare
Between 1972 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kerrie went from #471 to #764 while Amy went from #224 to #84.
Anna Compare
Between 1972 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kerrie went from #471 to #764 while Anna went from #55 to #21.

Moved the same way as Kerrie

Audrey Compare
Between 1972 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kerrie went from #471 to #764 and Audrey from #56 to #661.
Barbara Compare
Between 1972 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kerrie went from #471 to #764 and Barbara from #54 to #883.
Camilla Compare
Between 1972 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kerrie went from #471 to #764 and Camilla from #300 to #883.
Josephine Compare
Between 1972 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kerrie went from #471 to #764 and Josephine from #74 to #661.

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 4 regions, from 1952 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #28 in New South Wales, Australia in 1957. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Kerrie

Kerrie at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kerrie across 4 official records

Kerrie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kerrie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Kerrie

Kerrie and the names beside it

Kerrie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kerrie

Moved the opposite way to Kerrie

Moved the same way as Kerrie

Kerrie at a glance

Kerrie across 4 official records

Kerrie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kerrie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Kerrie

Kerrie and the names beside it

Kerrie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kerrie

Moved the opposite way to Kerrie

Moved the same way as Kerrie