Kern Popularity by Year
Follow Kern across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Kern birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Boys | 6 | #10,770 | Up 267 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 6 | #11,037 | Down 1,089 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 6 | #9,948 | Down 1,609 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 7 | #8,339 | Down 779 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 7 | #7,560 | Up 1,705 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 5 | #9,265 | Down 2,129 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 7 | #7,136 | Down 168 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 7 | #6,968 | Up 1,732 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 5 | #8,700 | Down 2,030 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 7 | #6,670 | Down 847 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 8 | #5,823 | Down 208 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 8 | #5,615 | Up 1,655 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 5 | #7,270 | Down 1,181 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 6 | #6,089 | Down 942 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 7 | #5,147 | Up 414 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 6 | #5,561 | Up 824 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 5 | #6,385 | Down 123 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 5 | #6,262 | Down 1,322 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 7 | #4,940 | Up 832 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 5 | #5,772 | Down 2,735 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 13 | #3,037 | Up 687 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 9 | #3,724 | Up 585 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 7 | #4,309 | Down 472 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 8 | #3,837 | Down 1,231 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 14 | #2,606 | Up 738 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 9 | #3,344 | Up 26 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 9 | #3,370 | Down 88 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 9 | #3,282 | Down 1,320 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 17 | #1,962 | Up 177 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 14 | #2,139 | Up 326 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 11 | #2,465 | Down 609 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 18 | #1,856 | Up 553 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 12 | #2,409 | Up 264 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 10 | #2,673 | Down 487 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 14 | #2,186 | Down 363 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 20 | #1,823 | Up 87 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 18 | #1,910 | Up 201 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 15 | #2,111 | Up 395 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 11 | #2,506 | Down 131 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 12 | #2,375 | Down 653 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 21 | #1,722 | Up 580 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 12 | #2,302 | Down 346 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 16 | #1,956 | Down 279 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 21 | #1,677 | Down 12 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 21 | #1,665 | Up 581 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 12 | #2,246 | Up 334 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 9 | #2,580 | Up 439 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 7 | #3,019 | Down 992 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 14 | #2,027 | Down 294 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 19 | #1,733 | Up 801 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 9 | #2,534 | Up 804 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 5 | #3,338 | Down 1,528 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 15 | #1,810 | Up 372 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 12 | #2,182 | Up 86 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 11 | #2,268 | Up 603 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 7 | #2,871 | Down 583 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 10 | #2,288 | Up 358 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 8 | #2,646 | Down 17 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 8 | #2,629 | Down 236 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 10 | #2,393 | Up 611 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 7 | #3,004 | Down 155 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 8 | #2,849 | Up 541 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 6 | #3,390 | Down 609 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 9 | #2,781 | Up 1,429 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 5 | #4,210 | Down 502 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 6 | #3,708 | Up 489 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 5 | #4,197 | Down 1,174 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 9 | #3,023 | Up 1,216 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 5 | #4,239 | Up 68 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 5 | #4,307 | Down 1,321 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 9 | #2,986 | Down 19 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 9 | #2,967 | Down 702 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 13 | #2,265 | Up 831 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 8 | #3,096 | Up 420 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 6 | #3,516 | Down 434 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 7 | #3,082 | Up 182 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 5 | #3,264 | — |