Geri
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #12,464 · Last seen for boys in 1947 at #3,733
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1958 · 368 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,021since 1918
Geri over time
Rank among girls' names. Geri has never cracked the top 500 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,886 | 40 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,464 | 49 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,931 | 37 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,093 | 55 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,360 | 44 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,170 | 48 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,632 | 72 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,751 | 62 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,665 | 66 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,308 | 96 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,200 | 109 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,286 | 99 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,454 | 83 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,386 | 84 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,370 | 82 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,286 | 85 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,145 | 101 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,239 | 88 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,038 | 112 | — | |
| 1972 | #958 | 127 | — | |
| 1971 | #944 | 136 | — | |
| 1970 | #775 | 183 | — | |
| 1969 | #823 | 156 | — | |
| 1968 | #703 | 192 | — | |
| 1967 | #628 | 231 | — | |
| 1966 | #691 | 200 | — | |
| 1965 | #680 | 208 | — | |
| 1964 | #619 | 264 | — | |
| 1963 | #550 | 310 | — | |
| 1962 | #612 | 268 | — | |
| 1961 | #553 | 319 | — | |
| 1960 | #543 | 318 | — | |
| 1959 | #535 | 328 | — | |
| 1958 | #500 | 368 | — | |
| 1957 | #530 | 325 | — | |
| 1956 | #579 | 265 | — | |
| 1955 | #582 | 247 | — | |
| 1954 | #633 | 207 | — | |
| 1953 | #705 | 169 | — | |
| 1952 | #723 | 151 | — | |
| 1951 | #779 | 129 | — | |
| 1950 | #937 | 91 | — | |
| 1949 | #862 | 103 | — | |
| 1948 | #867 | 101 | — | |
| 1947 | #755 | 129 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #867 | 91 | — | |
| 1945 | #863 | 76 | — | |
| 1944 | #850 | 80 | — | |
| 1943 | #864 | 81 | — | |
| 1942 | #835 | 83 | — | |
| 1941 | #975 | 56 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,272 | 34 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,009 | 49 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,539 | 24 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,483 | 25 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
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| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | — | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | — | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Geri! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1919, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Geri
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 297 spots in 1941 (#1,272 → #975)
- Biggest drop: 169 spots in 1971 (#775 → #944)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1958 at #500 (368 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1941–1972
- Highest: 1 in 5,466 girls born in 1958 were named Geri (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 243,011 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 30.7% of all girls named Geri (2,466) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,809 (1918) | #4,809 |
| 1920s | 32 | #3,137 (1929) | #4,266 |
| 1930s | 226 | #1,009 (1939) | #1,887 |
| 1940s | 834 | #755 (1947) | #901 |
| 1950s | 2,280 | #500 (1958) | #650 |
| 1960s | 2,466 | #543 (1960) | #640 |
| 1970s | 1,081 | #775 (1970) | #1,160 |
| 1980s | 688 | #1,200 (1981) | #1,840 |
| 1990s | 266 | #2,464 (1990) | #4,333 |
| 2000s | 115 | #5,570 (2001) | #9,383 |
| 2010s | 28 | #10,374 (2011) | #13,384 |
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.
Geri in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
girls
1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 13,742 of them was named Geri, which outranked 87.6% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 365,920 of them was named Geri, which outranked 12.5% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 533 names at #3,733; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.