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Kerry

Kerry means “dark one”. 97,939 US babies since 1940, peak 1960.

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What it means

“dark one”

Well documented

In US birth records

Peak year: 1960

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

97,939 US babies were named Kerry between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Kerry (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Name twins (peaked around 1960)