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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #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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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.

Where Gerri is popular in 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedMNIllinois: #649 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,968 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedWIMichigan: #671 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,038 girlsMINew York: #711 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 11,180 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedIAIndiana: #556 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,196 girlsINOhio: #582 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 8,091 girlsOHPennsylvania: #579 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 8,591 girlsPANew Jersey: #570 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,258 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #733 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 9,087 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedDEArizona: #445 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,026 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedNMKansas: #345 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,627 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #529 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,070 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #388 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,996 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedHITexas: #1,005 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 14,174 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Gerri, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kansas#345 · 1 in 2,627
  2. Oklahoma#388 · 1 in 2,996
  3. Arizona#445 · 1 in 3,026
  4. North Carolina#529 · 1 in 6,070
  5. Indiana#556 · 1 in 7,196

Best ever in a state: #289 in Oregon, 1958.

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Kansas#34581 in 2,627
Oklahoma#38871 in 2,996
Arizona#44551 in 3,026
North Carolina#52981 in 6,070
Indiana#55671 in 7,196
New Jersey#57071 in 8,258
Pennsylvania#579131 in 8,591
Ohio#582131 in 8,091
Illinois#649121 in 8,968
Michigan#67181 in 11,038
New York#711151 in 11,180
California#733191 in 9,087
Texas#1,00581 in 14,174
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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
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 1960

girls
#722
196 births · 1 in 10,316 girls

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #722Gerri196
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 10,316 of them was named Gerri, which outranked 90.2% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gerri
  1. #718Letitia201
  2. #720Selena199
  3. #721Leesa197
  4. #722Gerri196
  5. #722Mariann196
  6. #724Cathie195
  7. #724Nikki195
  8. #724Raquel195

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

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,798Lisha#2,395 → #597
  2. ↑ 1,223Elana#2,108 → #885
  3. ↑ 667Leisha#1,537 → #870
  4. ↑ 513Misty#1,214 → #701
  5. ↑ 462Loriann#1,396 → #934
Fallers
  1. ↓ 421Taryn#771 → #1,192
  2. ↓ 335Cheryll#993 → #1,328
  3. ↓ 305Marilynn#724 → #1,029
  4. ↓ 304Drema#997 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 258Merrie#978 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1960 →