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
- Peak · girls
- 1958 · 226 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,446since 1925
Gerri over time
Rank among girls' names. Gerri has never cracked the top 600 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
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| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
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| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,332 | 45 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,704 | 35 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,310 | 41 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,150 | 47 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,615 | 72 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,886 | 57 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,273 | 42 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,729 | 60 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,717 | 60 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,373 | 78 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,404 | 75 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,143 | 101 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,033 | 113 | — | |
| 1972 | #993 | 120 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,113 | 106 | — | |
| 1970 | #916 | 141 | — | |
| 1969 | #770 | 174 | — | |
| 1968 | #762 | 170 | — | |
| 1967 | #793 | 157 | — | |
| 1966 | #835 | 143 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #807 | 151 | — | |
| 1964 | #727 | 204 | — | |
| 1963 | #741 | 192 | — | |
| 1962 | #748 | 191 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #734 | 202 | — | |
| 1960 | #722 | 196 | — | |
| 1959 | #672 | 221 | — | |
| 1958 | #659 | 226 | — | |
| 1957 | #727 | 189 | — | |
| 1956 | #872 | 131 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #829 | 136 | — | |
| 1954 | #865 | 121 | — | |
| 1953 | #841 | 121 | — | |
| 1952 | #935 | 98 | — | |
| 1951 | #988 | 89 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,114 | 68 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,174 | 60 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,041 | 72 | — | |
| 1947 | #854 | 105 | — | |
| 1946 | #946 | 77 | — | |
| 1945 | #968 | 64 | — | |
| 1944 | #945 | 67 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,154 | 49 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,101 | 51 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,184 | 40 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,088 | 44 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,291 | 33 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
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| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
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| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | — | |
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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 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kentucky#449 · 1 in 3,959
- Tennessee#575 · 1 in 5,661
- Indiana#582 · 1 in 6,173
- Ohio#582 · 1 in 6,204
- Michigan#693 · 1 in 7,737
Best ever in a state: #289 in Oregon, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #449 | 6 | 1 in 3,959 |
| Tennessee | #575 | 5 | 1 in 5,661 |
| Indiana | #582 | 6 | 1 in 6,173 |
| Ohio | #582 | 12 | 1 in 6,204 |
| Michigan | #693 | 8 | 1 in 7,737 |
| Georgia | #723 | 5 | 1 in 7,196 |
| Florida | #889 | 5 | 1 in 8,896 |
| Pennsylvania | #944 | 5 | 1 in 14,422 |
| Illinois | #1,147 | 5 | 1 in 14,919 |
| Texas | #1,282 | 6 | 1 in 16,061 |
| New York | #1,365 | 6 | 1 in 18,473 |
| California | #1,778 | 5 | 1 in 27,415 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1958 at #659 (226 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1951–1970
- 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%)
- 32.7% of all girls named Gerri (1,780) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 17 | #3,743 (1928) | #4,507 |
| 1930s | 155 | #1,291 (1939) | #2,447 |
| 1940s | 629 | #854 (1947) | #1,046 |
| 1950s | 1,400 | #659 (1958) | #850 |
| 1960s | 1,780 | #722 (1960) | #764 |
| 1970s | 896 | #916 (1970) | #1,369 |
| 1980s | 397 | #1,615 (1981) | #2,763 |
| 1990s | 150 | #4,208 (1991) | #6,481 |
| 2000s | 16 | #8,534 (2000) | #12,498 |
| 2010s | 6 | #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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 12,677 of them was named Gerri, which outranked 89.7% 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).