Geri

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #12,464 · Last seen for boys in 1947 at #3,733
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1958 · 368 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,021
since 1918

Geri over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Geri has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #500, 1958girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2018#12,4647—
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2016#16,2155—
2015#14,4826—
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2011#10,37410—
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2008#13,8327—
2007#8,52014—
2006#9,28612—
2005#16,4625—
2004#10,6909—
2003#6,88516—
2002#6,39217—
2001#5,57020—
2000#6,80815—
1999#4,57624—
1998#5,36319—
1997#5,22819—
1996#4,05926—
1995#6,25714—
1994#4,52122—
1993#4,39323—
1992#3,58130—
1991#2,88640—
1990#2,46449—
1989#2,93137—
1988#2,09355—
1987#2,36044—
1986#2,17048—
1985#1,63272—
1984#1,75162—
1983#1,66566—
1982#1,30896—
1981#1,200109—
1980#1,28699—
1979#1,45483—
1978#1,38684—
1977#1,37082—
1976#1,28685—
1975#1,145101—
1974#1,23988—
1973#1,038112—
1972#958127—
1971#944136—
1970#775183—
1969#823156—
1968#703192—
1967#628231—
1966#691200—
1965#680208—
1964#619264—
1963#550310—
1962#612268—
1961#553319—
1960#543318—
1959#535328—
1958#500368—
1957#530325—
1956#579265—
1955#582247—
1954#633207—
1953#705169—
1952#723151—
1951#779129—
1950#93791—
1949#862103—
1948#867101—
1947#755129#3,7335
1946#86791—
1945#86376—
1944#85080—
1943#86481—
1942#83583—
1941#97556—
1940#1,27234—
1939#1,00949—
1938#1,34330—
1937#1,53924—
1936#1,37528—
1935#1,48325—
1934#1,69720—
1933#3,7536—
1932#1,95717—
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1930#2,69011—
1929#3,1379—
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Geri! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1919, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Geri is popular in 1918

No state had 5 or more girls named Geri in 1918, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Geri
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
  • Biggest jump: 297 spots in 1941 (#1,272 → #975)
  • Biggest drop: 169 spots in 1971 (#775 → #944)
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1958 at #500 (368 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1941–1972
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,466
  • Highest: 1 in 5,466 girls born in 1958 were named Geri (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 243,011 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 30.7% of all girls named Geri (2,466) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,809 (1918)#4,809
1920s32#3,137 (1929)#4,266
1930s226#1,009 (1939)#1,887
1940s834#755 (1947)#901
1950s2,280#500 (1958)#650
1960s2,466#543 (1960)#640
1970s1,081#775 (1970)#1,160
1980s688#1,200 (1981)#1,840
1990s266#2,464 (1990)#4,333
2000s115#5,570 (2001)#9,383
2010s28#10,374 (2011)#13,384

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Geri in 1918

girls
#4,809
5 births · 1 in 231,526 girls

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #4,809Geri5
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 231,526 of them was named Geri, which outranked 13.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Geri
  1. #4,291Zonie6
  2. #4,291Zoraida6
  3. #4,291Zylpha6
  4. #4,809Geri5
  5. #4,809Abie5
  6. #4,809Adalee5
  7. #4,809Addis5

Tied with 776 names at #4,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
  2. ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
  3. ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
  4. ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Valentine#964 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 428Ottie#952 → #1,380
  3. ↓ 354Delora#923 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 318Georgene#896 → #1,214
  5. ↓ 299Clifford#904 → #1,203

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918 →