How Many People Are Named Keryn?
An estimated 301 people in the United States have the first name Keryn. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 39 years old, and Keryn peaked in popularity in 1984 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Keryn as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Keryn paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
301
About 1 in 1,138,719 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
39
years old
Peak Year
1984
17 births
Total Registered
320
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Keryn
Keryn is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 320 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Keryn as a female name
Ranked #15,835 in 2011
6 female births in 2011
Peak: 1984 (17 births)
Keryn: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Keryn span from the 1960s to the 2010s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 121 babies were registered. Keryn has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Keryn by Decade
How has Keryn tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Keryn by State
Keryn + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Keryn as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Keryn
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Keryn: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Keryn?
We estimate approximately 301 people named Keryn are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,138,719 Americans share this first name.
Is Keryn a common name?
Keryn is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 79.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 320 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Keryn most popular?
Keryn reached peak popularity in 1984, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Keryn is approximately 39 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Keryn a female name?
Keryn is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Keryn Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Keryn Smith, Keryn Johnson, Keryn Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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