Kerryn
Kerryn or Keryn is a given name, popular in Australia. Notable people with the name include:Kerryn Manning, Australian horse trainer/driver Kerryn McCann (1967–2008), Australian athlete. Kerryn Phelps, Australian medical practitioner and public commentator. Kerryn Rim, Australian biathlete. Kerryn Tolhurst, Australian musician and songwriter. Keryn Jordan (1975–2013), South African…
Meaning & Origin of Kerryn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kerryn or Keryn is a given name, popular in Australia. Notable people with the name include:Kerryn Manning, Australian horse trainer/driver Kerryn McCann (1967–2008), Australian athlete. Kerryn Phelps, Australian medical practitioner and public commentator. Kerryn Rim, Australian biathlete. Kerryn Tolhurst, Australian musician and songwriter. Keryn Jordan (1975–2013), South African…
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The Story of Kerryn
The earliest SSA record of Kerryn as a baby girl name dates back to 1961, when 5 babies received it. 1990 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Kerryn — #7,302 in the national rankings. About 32% of every Kerryn on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Kerryn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 187 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kerryn
Kerryn is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1961 and has accumulated 187 births in the dataset. Kerryn's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #7,302. Use the chart and map above to compare Kerryn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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