Boy or Girl

Is Kerwin a boy or girl name?

Kerwin is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 12 boys were named Kerwin, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0% of the 2,465 US babies named Kerwin were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#7,031
Girl rank, 2024
Not ranked
Babies named Kerwin since 1913
2,465
Most popular year
1959
89 babies
Babies named Kerwin each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Kerwin from 1913 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.0255075100192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Kerwin, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1910s3300%
1920s7100%
1930s8400%
1940s11300%
1950s38400%
1960s55900%
1970s31800%
1980s33200%
1990s22800%
2000s18900%
2010s11100%
2020s4300%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
202412#7,0310–
20236#11,5760–
20225#13,3790–
202112#6,9070–
20208#9,1560–
20197#10,3160–
20189#8,5190–
201715#5,9450–
20168#9,3020–
201510#7,7900–
20147#10,2240–
201314#6,0910–
201213#6,5050–
201112#6,8200–
201016#5,6190–
200914#6,2890–
200820#4,8250–
200716#5,5670–
200618#4,9650–
200521#4,2720–
200418#4,6960–
200320#4,2050–
200213#5,5750–
200125#3,4630–
200024#3,4810–
199923#3,4420–
199819#3,7860–
199720#3,5290–
199627#2,7950–
199515#4,1710–
199414#4,4200–
199318#3,5790–
199232#2,3380–
199128#2,5100–
199032#2,2400–
198932#2,1790–
198839#1,7830–
198731#1,9980–
198627#2,1340–
198529#1,9940–
198436#1,6460–
198334#1,7040–
198238#1,6120–
198131#1,8370–
198035#1,6770–
197936#1,6140–
197837#1,5530–
197731#1,7230–
197625#1,9640–
197524#1,9760–
197427#1,7660–
197332#1,5290–
197232#1,5250–
197134#1,4790–
197040#1,3220–
196947#1,1430–
196843#1,1600–
196740#1,1910–
196646#1,0950–
196552#1,0280–
196454#1,0310–
196369#9030–
196267#9270–
196166#9430–
196075#8800–
195989#8100–
195849#1,0990–
195761#9770–
195651#1,0610–
195532#1,3570–
195425#1,5450–
195325#1,5380–
195216#1,9760–
195112#2,3090–
195024#1,5190–
194914#2,0730–
194817#1,8550–
194715#2,0300–
194612#2,2100–
19455#3,5560–
19445#3,6890–
19437#3,0950–
19429#2,6140–
194113#2,0490–
194016#1,7690–
19397#2,9880–
193810#2,4030–
19376#3,3450–
193610#2,3760–
193516#1,7960–
19345#3,9520–
19336#3,4720–
19328#2,9840–
19316#3,5910–
193010#2,7030–
19296#3,7630–
19289#2,9590–
19270–0–
19266#3,9690–
19258#3,2760–
19248#3,3840–
192310#2,8590–
19229#3,1360–
19218#3,3570–
19207#3,6620–
191911#2,5940–
19185#4,5020–
19175#4,2900–
19167#3,3520–
19150–0–
19140–0–
19135#3,0560–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Kerwin reached #810 in 1959. It has never been ranked as a girl name. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.