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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #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 1963

  • 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: #465 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,268 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: #453 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,921 girlsMNIllinois: #564 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,608 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedWIMichigan: #620 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,896 girlsMINew York: #720 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 10,204 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: #542 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,727 girlsINOhio: #661 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,645 girlsOHPennsylvania: #905 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 20,356 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #874 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 11,607 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: #509 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,867 girlsMOKentucky: #336 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,743 girlsKYWest 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: #666 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,272 girlsNCSouth 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: #689 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,229 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedMSAlabama: #408 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,207 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedHITexas: #896 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 10,719 girlsTXFlorida: #787 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,704 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#336 · 1 in 2,743
  2. Alabama#408 · 1 in 3,207
  3. Minnesota#453 · 1 in 5,921
  4. Washington#465 · 1 in 4,268
  5. Missouri#509 · 1 in 5,867

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#336111 in 2,743
Alabama#408101 in 3,207
Minnesota#45361 in 5,921
Washington#46561 in 4,268
Missouri#50971 in 5,867
Indiana#54271 in 6,727
Illinois#564151 in 6,608
Michigan#62091 in 8,896
Ohio#66191 in 10,645
North Carolina#66651 in 9,272
Louisiana#68951 in 7,229
New York#720161 in 10,204
Florida#78751 in 9,704
California#874151 in 11,607
Texas#896101 in 10,719
Pennsylvania#90551 in 20,356
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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 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 1963

girls
#741
192 births · 1 in 10,039 girls

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #741Gerri192
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 10,039 of them was named Gerri, which outranked 90.3% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gerri
  1. #737Leanna194
  2. #739Bernadine193
  3. #739Susana193
  4. #741Gerri192
  5. #741Lavonne192
  6. #743Dori191
  7. #743Pattie191
  8. #743Rebekah191

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

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

See the top 100 for 1963 →