Gerri

Last seen for girls in 2010 at #14,959 · Last seen for boys in 1966 at #3,948
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1958 · 226 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,446
since 1925

Gerri over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Gerri has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201946peak #659, 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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First appearance
1925

The first year at least five girls were named Gerri! It came in at #4,973, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1925–1927, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Gerri is popular in 1946

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedNHWashington: #407 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,473 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedMNIllinois: #568 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,770 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedMINew York: #774 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 18,933 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedINOhio: #571 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,981 girlsOHPennsylvania: #686 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,541 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #635 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,026 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#407 · 1 in 4,473
  2. Illinois#568 · 1 in 9,770
  3. Ohio#571 · 1 in 10,981
  4. California#635 · 1 in 9,026
  5. Pennsylvania#686 · 1 in 16,541

Best ever in a state: #289 in Oregon, 1958.

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Washington#40751 in 4,473
Illinois#56881 in 9,770
Ohio#57171 in 10,981
California#635111 in 9,026
Pennsylvania#68661 in 16,541
New York#77471 in 18,933
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See more about Gerri
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
  • Biggest jump: 209 spots in 1944 (#1,154 → #945)
  • Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1971 (#916 → #1,113)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1925
  • Peaked 1958 at #659 (226 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1951–1970
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,901
  • Highest: 1 in 8,901 girls born in 1958 were named Gerri (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 296,266 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 32.7% of all girls named Gerri (1,780) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s17#3,743 (1928)#4,507
1930s155#1,291 (1939)#2,447
1940s629#854 (1947)#1,046
1950s1,400#659 (1958)#850
1960s1,780#722 (1960)#764
1970s896#916 (1970)#1,369
1980s397#1,615 (1981)#2,763
1990s150#4,208 (1991)#6,481
2000s16#8,534 (2000)#12,498
2010s6#14,959 (2010)#14,959

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.

Gerri in 1946

girls
#946
77 births · 1 in 20,407 girls

Top girls' names in 1946

  1. #1Mary67,471
  2. #2Linda52,710
  3. #3Patricia46,297
  4. #4Barbara45,126
  5. #5Carol34,284
  6. #6Sandra31,692
  7. #7Nancy28,345
  8. #8Susan28,267
  9. #9Sharon27,824
  10. #10Judith22,310
  11. #946Gerri77
More about 1946

girls

1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 20,407 of them was named Gerri, which outranked 83.4% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gerri
  1. #942Rosario78
  2. #942Starr78
  3. #942Velda78
  4. #946Gerri77
  5. #946Coleen77
  6. #946Herlinda77
  7. #946Joycelyn77
  8. #953Abigail76
  9. #953Darline76
  10. #953Ernestina76

Tied with 6 names at #946; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,830Jacalyn#2,742 → #912
  2. ↑ 914Kimberly#1,621 → #707
  3. ↑ 615Suzette#1,032 → #417
  4. ↑ 538Randi#1,356 → #818
  5. ↑ 528Dayle#1,356 → #828
Fallers
  1. ↓ 335Oma#941 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 324Iola#824 → #1,148
  3. ↓ 324Artie#994 → #1,318
  4. ↓ 303Eartha#954 → #1,257
  5. ↓ 301Willia#830 → #1,131

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

See the top 100 for 1946 →