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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #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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rankbirthsrankbirths
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2011
2010#14,9596
2009
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2005#16,4625
2004
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2000#8,53411
1999#8,22311
1998#8,01611
1997#9,0179
1996#7,57411
1995#5,67716
1994#6,31914
1993#5,67316
1992#5,71816
1991#4,20824
1990#4,38022
1989#3,78426
1988#3,58526
1987#2,33245
1986#4,34718
1985#2,70435
1984#2,91530
1983#2,31041
1982#2,15047
1981#1,61572
1980#1,88657
1979#2,27342
1978#1,72960
1977#1,71760
1976#1,37378
1975#1,40475
1974#1,143101
1973#1,033113
1972#993120
1971#1,113106
1970#916141
1969#770174
1968#762170
1967#793157
1966#835143#3,9485
1965#807151
1964#727204
1963#741192
1962#748191#3,3057
1961#734202
1960#722196
1959#672221
1958#659226
1957#727189
1956#872131#3,9425
1955#829136
1954#865121
1953#841121
1952#93598
1951#98889
1950#1,11468
1949#1,17460
1948#1,04172
1947#854105
1946#94677
1945#96864
1944#94567
1943#1,15449
1942#1,10151
1941#1,18440
1940#1,08844
1939#1,29133
1938#1,54724
1937#1,84518
1936#1,87317
1935#1,77919
1934#2,08715
1933#3,1098
1932#3,0479
1931#3,8486
1930#4,0476
1929
1928#3,7437
1927#4,8055
1926
1925#4,9735
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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.

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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 1956

girls
#872
131 births · 1 in 15,326 girls
boys
#3,942
5 births · 1 in 423,060 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #872Gerri131

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #3,942Gerri5
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 15,326 of them was named Gerri, which outranked 87.3% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gerri
  1. #869Alana132
  2. #869Dara132
  3. #869Kelli132
  4. #872Gerri131
  5. #872Goldie131
  6. #872Shawna131
  7. #875Effie130
  8. #875Jerilyn130
  9. #875Marty130

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

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

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

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 423,060 of them was named Gerri, which outranked 11.5% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gerri
  1. #3,535Yves6
  2. #3,535Yvette6
  3. #3,535Zaragoza6
  4. #3,942Gerri5
  5. #3,942Abdul5
  6. #3,942Abran5
  7. #3,942Abundio5

Tied with 513 names at #3,942; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956