unisex name

Kery

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 211

Kery is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 36% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 1991 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1978, when 13 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1961.

Kery over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1991, not a full ten years.

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Births named Kery by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 30
1970s 58
1980s 43
1990s (to 1991) 5

How popular is Kery?

In 1991, Kery was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Kery is used

France #6,896 5 in 2023
United States #9,518 5 in 1991

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Kery is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Kéry Kéry is a rare spelling of Kery, written with an acute accent and recorded about 10 times, mostly in France. 10

Names that peaked alongside Kery

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Kery also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kery over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Kery

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kery — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Kery

How popular is the name Kery?

In 1991, Kery was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Kery a girl's or a boy's name?

Kery is used for both girls and boys. About 36% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Kery most popular?

Kery peaked in 1978, when 13 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.