Kern is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Kern is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2012. Kern was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 1952 (21 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | #11,577 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | #11,882 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | #10,714 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7 | #8,053 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | #10,075 |
| 1996 | 7 | — | #7,583 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | #7,394 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | #9,505 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | #7,074 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | #6,149 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | #5,947 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #7,945 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | #6,558 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #5,473 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | #5,994 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #6,889 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | #6,808 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | #5,244 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #6,325 |
| 1977 | 13 | — | #3,121 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #3,872 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #4,567 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | #4,019 |
| 1973 | 14 | — | #2,657 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | #3,492 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | #3,530 |
| 1970 | 9 | — | #3,408 |
| 1968 | 17 | — | #1,997 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | #2,210 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | #2,549 |
| 1965 | 18 | — | #1,890 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | #2,490 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | #2,773 |
| 1962 | 14 | — | #2,239 |
| 1961 | 20 | — | #1,848 |
| 1960 | 18 | — | #1,946 |
| 1959 | 15 | — | #2,162 |
| 1958 | 11 | — | #2,582 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | #2,438 |
| 1956 | 21 | — | #1,748 |
| 1955 | 12 | — | #2,370 |
| 1954 | 16 | — | #2,004 |
| 1953 | 21 | — | #1,692 |
| 1952 | 21 | — | #1,689 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | #2,308 |
| 1950 | 9 | — | #2,676 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | #3,160 |
| 1948 | 14 | — | #2,069 |
| 1947 | 19 | — | #1,760 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #2,621 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #3,555 |
| 1944 | 15 | — | #1,853 |
| 1943 | 12 | — | #2,231 |
| 1942 | 11 | — | #2,328 |
| 1940 | 7 | — | #3,009 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | #2,365 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | #2,763 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | #2,746 |
| 1934 | 10 | — | #2,484 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,153 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | #2,983 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | #3,589 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | #2,894 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | #4,503 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #3,968 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #4,586 |
| 1924 | 9 | — | #3,137 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | #4,560 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #4,658 |
| 1921 | 9 | — | #3,111 |
| 1920 | 9 | — | #3,087 |
| 1919 | 13 | — | #2,330 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | #3,252 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | #3,697 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,236 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,517 |