UK girl's name
Kerys
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2015. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Kerys is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Kerys popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2015 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5730, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2001, with 31 births.
This profile covers 271 England and Wales registrations across 20 recorded years from 1996 to 2015. 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 10% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 362 living people in the UK are called Kerys. 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 2016 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Kerys ranked #5730 for girls in England and Wales in 2015, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2001, when 31 girls were registered as Kerys.
- • Kerys ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #765 in 2019.
- • About 362 living people in the UK are estimated to have Kerys as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5730
2015
Births in 2015
3
Latest year
Peak year
2001
31 births
Estimated living
362
2026
Popularity
Kerys over time
The chart below shows babies named Kerys registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2015. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Kerys, the clearest high point is 2001. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2015, compared with 31 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Kerys by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Kerys 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 | #4019 | 34 | 6 |
| 2000s | #1482 | 188 | 10 |
| 1990s | #1561 | 49 | 4 |
Geography
Where Kerys is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Kerys. 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.
Kerys ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #765 in 2019.
Across the UK
Kerys in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#765 in 2019
12 years of NRS records, 93 total registered
Related
Names similar to Kerys
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- Keira 14,411
- 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
Kerys: questions and answers
How popular is the name Kerys in the UK right now?
In 2015, Kerys was ranked #5730 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Kerys most popular?
The peak year on record was 2001, with 31 babies registered as Kerys in England and Wales.
How many people are called Kerys in the UK?
A total of 271 babies have been registered as Kerys across the 20 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 93 more in Scotland.
Where is Kerys most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Kerys ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #765 in 2019. 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.