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
- Peak · girls
- 1958 · 368 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,021since 1918
Geri over time
Rank among girls' names. Geri has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,886 | 40 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,464 | 49 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,093 | 55 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,360 | 44 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,170 | 48 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,632 | 72 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,751 | 62 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,665 | 66 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,308 | 96 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,200 | 109 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,286 | 99 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,454 | 83 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,386 | 84 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,370 | 82 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,286 | 85 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,145 | 101 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,239 | 88 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,038 | 112 | — | |
| 1972 | #958 | 127 | — | |
| 1971 | #944 | 136 | — | |
| 1970 | #775 | 183 | — | |
| 1969 | #823 | 156 | — | |
| 1968 | #703 | 192 | — | |
| 1967 | #628 | 231 | — | |
| 1966 | #691 | 200 | — | |
| 1965 | #680 | 208 | — | |
| 1964 | #619 | 264 | — | |
| 1963 | #550 | 310 | — | |
| 1962 | #612 | 268 | — | |
| 1961 | #553 | 319 | — | |
| 1960 | #543 | 318 | — | |
| 1959 | #535 | 328 | — | |
| 1958 | #500 | 368 | — | |
| 1957 | #530 | 325 | — | |
| 1956 | #579 | 265 | — | |
| 1955 | #582 | 247 | — | |
| 1954 | #633 | 207 | — | |
| 1953 | #705 | 169 | — | |
| 1952 | #723 | 151 | — | |
| 1951 | #779 | 129 | — | |
| 1950 | #937 | 91 | — | |
| 1949 | #862 | 103 | — | |
| 1948 | #867 | 101 | — | |
| 1947 | #755 | 129 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #867 | 91 | — | |
| 1945 | #863 | 76 | — | |
| 1944 | #850 | 80 | — | |
| 1943 | #864 | 81 | — | |
| 1942 | #835 | 83 | — | |
| 1941 | #975 | 56 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,272 | 34 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,009 | 49 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,539 | 24 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,483 | 25 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
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| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | — | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | — | |
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| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kansas#369 · 1 in 2,464
- Minnesota#389 · 1 in 3,438
- Wisconsin#445 · 1 in 4,584
- Indiana#654 · 1 in 7,408
- North Carolina#666 · 1 in 7,339
Best ever in a state: #160 in Nevada, 1963.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #369 | 5 | 1 in 2,464 |
| Minnesota | #389 | 7 | 1 in 3,438 |
| Wisconsin | #445 | 6 | 1 in 4,584 |
| Indiana | #654 | 5 | 1 in 7,408 |
| North Carolina | #666 | 5 | 1 in 7,339 |
| Florida | #720 | 7 | 1 in 6,355 |
| Michigan | #833 | 6 | 1 in 10,315 |
| Illinois | #841 | 8 | 1 in 9,325 |
| Pennsylvania | #944 | 5 | 1 in 14,422 |
| California | #1,152 | 10 | 1 in 13,707 |
| New York | #1,535 | 5 | 1 in 22,168 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Geri
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 297 spots in 1941 (#1,272 → #975)
- Biggest drop: 169 spots in 1971 (#775 → #944)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1958 at #500 (368 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1941–1972
- 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%)
- 30.7% of all girls named Geri (2,466) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,809 (1918) | #4,809 |
| 1920s | 32 | #3,137 (1929) | #4,266 |
| 1930s | 226 | #1,009 (1939) | #1,887 |
| 1940s | 834 | #755 (1947) | #901 |
| 1950s | 2,280 | #500 (1958) | #650 |
| 1960s | 2,466 | #543 (1960) | #640 |
| 1970s | 1,081 | #775 (1970) | #1,160 |
| 1980s | 688 | #1,200 (1981) | #1,840 |
| 1990s | 266 | #2,464 (1990) | #4,333 |
| 2000s | 115 | #5,570 (2001) | #9,383 |
| 2010s | 28 | #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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 11,978 of them was named Geri, which outranked 90.1% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #949Rhoda128
- #949Starla128
- #949Viola128
- #958Geri127
- #958Lavonne127
- #958Magdalena127
- #958Marguerite127
- #963Adriane126
- #963Corrine126
- #963Flora126
Tied with 4 names at #958; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.