UK girl's name
Kerry-Anne
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2013. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Kerry-Anne is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Kerry-Anne popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2013 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5742, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1996, with 18 births.
This profile covers 71 England and Wales registrations across 11 recorded years from 1996 to 2013. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 17% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 170 living people in the UK are called Kerry-Anne. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2014 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Kerry-Anne ranked #5742 for girls in England and Wales in 2013, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1996, when 18 girls were registered as Kerry-Anne.
- • Kerry-Anne ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #653 in 1997.
- • About 170 living people in the UK are estimated to have Kerry-Anne as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5742
2013
Births in 2013
3
Latest year
Peak year
1996
18 births
Estimated living
170
2026
Popularity
Kerry-Anne over time
The chart below shows babies named Kerry-Anne registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2013. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Kerry-Anne, the clearest high point is 1996. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2013, compared with 18 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Kerry-Anne by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Kerry-Anne was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #5742 | 3 | 1 |
| 2000s | #3992 | 25 | 6 |
| 1990s | #1706 | 43 | 4 |
Geography
Where Kerry-Anne is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Kerry-Anne. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Kerry-Anne ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #653 in 1997.
Across the UK
Kerry-Anne in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#653 in 1997
19 years of NRS records, 101 total registered
Notable bearers
Famous people named Kerry-Anne
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Kerry-Anne Mendoza
editor; writer; journalist
English writer and journalist
1981-
Related
Names similar to Kerry-Anne
- Katie 53,185
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- Katherine 11,323
- Kayleigh 10,677
- Kate 10,276
- Kelsey 7,224
- Kiera 7,218
- Kayla 6,541
- Kirsty 6,384
- Khadija 5,948
- Kimberley 5,189
- Kaitlyn 5,137
FAQ
Kerry-Anne: questions and answers
How popular is the name Kerry-Anne in the UK right now?
In 2013, Kerry-Anne was ranked #5742 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Kerry-Anne most popular?
The peak year on record was 1996, with 18 babies registered as Kerry-Anne in England and Wales.
How many people are called Kerry-Anne in the UK?
A total of 71 babies have been registered as Kerry-Anne across the 11 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 101 more in Scotland.
Where is Kerry-Anne most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Kerry-Anne ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #653 in 1997. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.