Jeri

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 98.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1956 · 893 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
22,637
since 1918

Jeri over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jeri has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201946peak #299, 1956girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327—
2024#8,94611—
2023#8,48612—
2022#12,2437—
2021#15,2515—
2020#7,21215—
2019#6,17619—
2018#6,52118—
2017#7,84014—
2016#10,8599—
2015#10,8669—
2014#10,9559—
2013#11,9698—
2012#6,87218—
2011#7,78315—
2010#7,21717—
2009#5,89123—
2008#6,13022—
2007#5,23027—
2006#4,57631—
2005#4,11834—
2004#5,20824—
2003#4,41829—
2002#4,28029—
2001#2,88150—
2000#2,59357—
1999#2,70351—
1998#2,33860—
1997#2,10267—
1996#2,08466—
1995#2,00668—
1994#1,62493—
1993#1,75384—
1992#1,434112—
1991#1,383116—
1990#1,364116#8,1175
1989#1,315119—
1988#1,196126—
1987#1,098138—
1986#1,024148—
1985#809203—
1984#758213#6,3155
1983#797195—
1982#746224—
1981#768212#4,1539
1980#716234#4,1349
1979#665262—
1978#652248#5,0596
1977#593291—
1976#602265#5,5875
1975#568292—
1974#537313—
1973#516328#3,6948
1972#511337—
1971#462437#3,9637
1970#457471—
1969#436492—
1968#436475#3,1078
1967#370599#3,2317
1966#387551#2,7849
1965#434473#3,2447
1964#408571#3,0508
1963#391604#2,67310
1962#376627#4,0335
1961#355717#4,0655
1960#348757#2,12115
1959#317858#1,97417
1958#313855#2,02616
1957#300915#2,49411
1956#299893#2,01516
1955#301845#2,13914
1954#302771#2,44911
1953#313683#2,28712
1952#317649#1,85617
1951#373473#2,8448
1950#404392#2,7708
1949#416358#2,6069
1948#460302#2,7888
1947#408392#2,49810
1946#425328#2,6908
1945#447252#1,58118
1944#513198#2,4679
1943#545189#3,5385
1942#503217#1,86715
1941#644122#2,8727
1940#80278#2,4789
1939#72787#2,4499
1938#82673—
1937#89659#3,1756
1936#89458—
1935#79872#3,2526
1934#1,09841—
1933#1,14038—
1932#1,26833—
1931#1,59423—
1930#1,93418—
1929#2,19115—
1928#3,4368—
1927#3,5618—
1926#3,04610—
1925#3,11610—
1924#2,66113—
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1920#4,3986—
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1918#3,5128—
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Jeri! It came in at #3,512, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1921, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Jeri is popular in 1946

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedNHWashington: #208 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,491 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #316 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,705 girlsMNIllinois: #274 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 2,605 girlsILWisconsin: #313 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,101 girlsWIMichigan: #253 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,587 girlsMINew York: #545 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 8,835 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedRIOregon: #143 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 709 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedSDIowa: #211 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,883 girlsIAIndiana: #448 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,279 girlsINOhio: #302 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 3,203 girlsOHPennsylvania: #489 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,023 girlsPANew Jersey: #472 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,287 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #279 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 2,113 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedUTColorado: #308 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,543 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedNMKansas: #274 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,370 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #394 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,621 girlsOKLouisiana: #479 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,047 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedHITexas: #646 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,922 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Jeri, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#143 · 1 in 709
  2. Washington#208 · 1 in 1,491
  3. Iowa#211 · 1 in 1,883
  4. Michigan#253 · 1 in 2,587
  5. Kansas#274 · 1 in 2,370

Best ever in a state: #99 in Montana, 1957.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#143181 in 709
Washington#208151 in 1,491
Iowa#211131 in 1,883
Michigan#253241 in 2,587
Illinois#274301 in 2,605
Kansas#27471 in 2,370
California#279471 in 2,113
Ohio#302241 in 3,203
Colorado#30851 in 2,543
Wisconsin#31381 in 4,101
Minnesota#31681 in 3,705
Oklahoma#39461 in 3,621
Indiana#44861 in 6,279
New Jersey#47251 in 8,287
Louisiana#47961 in 5,047
Pennsylvania#489111 in 9,023
New York#545151 in 8,835
Texas#646121 in 6,922
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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 Jeri
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2,986 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #11,932)
  • 4,720 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #11,932)
  • 1,066 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 300 spots in 1935 (#1,098 → #798)
  • Biggest drop: 215 spots in 1986 (#809 → #1,024)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1956 at #299 (893 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 51 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1935–1985
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,235
  • Highest: 1 in 2,235 girls born in 1957 were named Jeri (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #299 in 1956, was only 1 in 2,248 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 32.4% of all girls named Jeri (7,334) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s13#3,512 (1918)#4,163
1920s78#2,191 (1929)#3,258
1930s502#727 (1939)#1,118
1940s2,436#408 (1947)#516
1950s7,334#299 (1956)#324
1960s5,866#348 (1960)#394
1970s3,244#457 (1970)#556
1980s1,812#716 (1980)#923
1990s833#1,364 (1990)#1,879
2000s326#2,593 (2000)#4,533
2010s136#6,176 (2019)#8,706
2020s57#7,212 (2020)#10,678

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.

Jeri in 1946

girls
#425
328 births · 1 in 4,791 girls
boys
#2,690
8 births · 1 in 203,003 boys

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. #425Jeri328

Top boys' names in 1946

  1. #1James87,438
  2. #2Robert84,136
  3. #3John79,267
  4. #4William60,034
  5. #5Richard58,870
  6. #6David46,444
  7. #7Michael41,194
  8. #8Thomas38,877
  9. #9Charles38,215
  10. #10Ronald31,858
  11. #2,690Jeri8
More about 1946

girls

1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 4,791 of them was named Jeri, which outranked 92.5% 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 Jeri
  1. #422Josie332
  2. #422Meredith332
  3. #424Opal330
  4. #425Jeri328
  5. #426Lisa327
  6. #426Pearlie327
  7. #428Ollie326
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.

boys

1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 203,003 of them was named Jeri, which outranked 33.1% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeri
  1. #2,534Yale9
  2. #2,534Zan9
  3. #2,534Zebedee9
  4. #2,690Jeri8
  5. #2,690Aime8
  6. #2,690Alain8
  7. #2,690Alanson8
  8. #2,919Achille7
  9. #2,919Alban7
  10. #2,919Alberta7

Tied with 228 names at #2,690; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. ↑ 584Zachary#1,536 → #952
  2. ↑ 514Patric#1,494 → #980
  3. ↑ 385Kris#1,296 → #911
  4. ↑ 385Rich#1,296 → #911
  5. ↑ 380Furman#1,270 → #890
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Layton#971 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 438Farris#971 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 394Delano#558 → #952
  4. ↓ 312Leopoldo#864 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 290Rosevelt#927 → #1,217

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

See the top 100 for 1946 →