Kern
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1919
13 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
744
since 1914
Born a Kern? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Kern was most popular in 1919, when 13 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Kern in 2025. Not recorded since 2012.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 6 | 10770 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 6 | 11037 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 7 | 8339 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 7 | 7560 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 5 | 9265 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 7 | 7136 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 7 | 6968 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 5 | 8700 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 7 | 6670 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 8 | 5823 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 8 | 5615 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 6 | 6089 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 7 | 5147 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 6 | 5561 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 5 | 6385 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 7 | 4940 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 5 | 5772 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 13 | 3037 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 9 | 3724 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 7 | 4309 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 8 | 3837 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 14 | 2606 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 9 | 3344 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 9 | 3370 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 9 | 3282 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 17 | 1962 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 14 | 2139 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 11 | 2465 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 18 | 1856 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 12 | 2409 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 10 | 2673 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 14 | 2186 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 20 | 1823 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 18 | 1910 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 15 | 2111 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 11 | 2506 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 12 | 2375 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 21 | 1722 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 12 | 2302 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 16 | 1956 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 21 | 1677 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 21 | 1665 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 12 | 2246 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 9 | 2580 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 7 | 3019 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 14 | 2027 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 19 | 1733 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 9 | 2534 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 5 | 3338 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 15 | 1810 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 12 | 2182 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 11 | 2268 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 7 | 2871 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 10 | 2288 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 8 | 2646 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 8 | 2629 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 10 | 2393 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 7 | 3004 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 8 | 2849 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 6 | 3390 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 9 | 2781 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 5 | 4210 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 6 | 3708 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 5 | 4197 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 9 | 3023 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 5 | 4239 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 5 | 4307 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 9 | 2986 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 9 | 2967 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 13 | 2265 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 8 | 3096 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 6 | 3516 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 7 | 3082 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 5 | 3264 |
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