Keri

Where Keri comes from

The dictionaries list Keri as a given name — a female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kerry — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1946
    First appearance
    #3,994 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Keri Russell born
    American actress
  3. 1976
    Peak, #173
    1,466 babies named Keri — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1982
    Keri Hilson born
    American R&B singer
  5. 1990
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #388.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kerry.
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Keri Hilson · American R&B singer, born 1982
  • Keri Russell · American actress, born 1976
  • Keri Hulme · New Zealand writer, 1947–2021
  • Keri Sable · American pornographic actress, born 1986
  • Keri Kelli · American guitarist, born 1971

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.