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
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,637since 1918
Jeri over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Jeri has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,118 | 34 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,280 | 29 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,881 | 50 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,593 | 57 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,703 | 51 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,338 | 60 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,102 | 67 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,084 | 66 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,006 | 68 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,624 | 93 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,753 | 84 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,434 | 112 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,383 | 116 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,364 | 116 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #1,315 | 119 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,196 | 126 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,098 | 138 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,024 | 148 | — | |
| 1985 | #809 | 203 | — | |
| 1984 | #758 | 213 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #797 | 195 | — | |
| 1982 | #746 | 224 | — | |
| 1981 | #768 | 212 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #716 | 234 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #665 | 262 | — | |
| 1978 | #652 | 248 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #593 | 291 | — | |
| 1976 | #602 | 265 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #568 | 292 | — | |
| 1974 | #537 | 313 | — | |
| 1973 | #516 | 328 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #511 | 337 | — | |
| 1971 | #462 | 437 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #457 | 471 | — | |
| 1969 | #436 | 492 | — | |
| 1968 | #436 | 475 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #370 | 599 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #387 | 551 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #434 | 473 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #408 | 571 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #391 | 604 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #376 | 627 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #355 | 717 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #348 | 757 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #317 | 858 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #313 | 855 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | #300 | 915 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #299 | 893 | #2,015 | 16 |
| 1955 | #301 | 845 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #302 | 771 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #313 | 683 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #317 | 649 | #1,856 | 17 |
| 1951 | #373 | 473 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #404 | 392 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #416 | 358 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #460 | 302 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #408 | 392 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #425 | 328 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #447 | 252 | #1,581 | 18 |
| 1944 | #513 | 198 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #545 | 189 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #503 | 217 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #644 | 122 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #802 | 78 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #727 | 87 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #826 | 73 | — | |
| 1937 | #896 | 59 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #894 | 58 | — | |
| 1935 | #798 | 72 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #1,098 | 41 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,140 | 38 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,268 | 33 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | — | |
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| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | — | |
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| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | — | |
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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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Idaho#245 · 1 in 1,151
- Arkansas#311 · 1 in 1,851
- Iowa#336 · 1 in 2,462
- Missouri#353 · 1 in 2,691
- Oklahoma#363 · 1 in 2,314
Best ever in a state: #99 in Montana, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #245 | 6 | 1 in 1,151 |
| Arkansas | #311 | 7 | 1 in 1,851 |
| Iowa | #336 | 8 | 1 in 2,462 |
| Missouri | #353 | 12 | 1 in 2,691 |
| Kentucky | #363 | 9 | 1 in 2,721 |
| Oklahoma | #363 | 8 | 1 in 2,314 |
| Alabama | #371 | 10 | 1 in 2,292 |
| Tennessee | #431 | 9 | 1 in 3,165 |
| Utah | #446 | 5 | 1 in 3,214 |
| South Carolina | #451 | 6 | 1 in 2,874 |
| Arizona | #489 | 6 | 1 in 2,977 |
| Mississippi | #492 | 5 | 1 in 3,117 |
| Wisconsin | #541 | 5 | 1 in 6,118 |
| Indiana | #545 | 7 | 1 in 5,177 |
| Texas | #559 | 28 | 1 in 3,968 |
| Florida | #575 | 11 | 1 in 4,261 |
| Virginia | #649 | 5 | 1 in 5,837 |
| Michigan | #673 | 9 | 1 in 6,620 |
| Illinois | #687 | 13 | 1 in 5,746 |
| Georgia | #693 | 6 | 1 in 5,602 |
| California | #723 | 28 | 1 in 5,833 |
| Louisiana | #795 | 5 | 1 in 5,851 |
| New York | #1,282 | 7 | 1 in 14,132 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | #3,512 (1918) | #4,163 |
| 1920s | 78 | #2,191 (1929) | #3,258 |
| 1930s | 502 | #727 (1939) | #1,118 |
| 1940s | 2,436 | #408 (1947) | #516 |
| 1950s | 7,334 | #299 (1956) | #324 |
| 1960s | 5,866 | #348 (1960) | #394 |
| 1970s | 3,244 | #457 (1970) | #556 |
| 1980s | 1,812 | #716 (1980) | #923 |
| 1990s | 833 | #1,364 (1990) | #1,879 |
| 2000s | 326 | #2,593 (2000) | #4,533 |
| 2010s | 136 | #6,176 (2019) | #8,706 |
| 2020s | 57 | #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 1979
girls
#665
262 births · 1 in 6,127 girls
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 6,127 of them was named Jeri, which outranked 94.4% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Jeri
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.