Keri

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
Given to girls 99.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1976 · 1,466 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
32,061
since 1946

Keri over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Keri has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #173, 1976girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#7,49114—
2024#12,1617—
2023#6,40918—
2022#7,63114—
2021#8,02413—
2020#7,21215—
2019#7,34215—
2018#5,15225—
2017#4,06636—
2016#3,84939—
2015#3,76740—
2014#3,77840—
2013#4,00237—
2012#3,36448—
2011#2,43475—
2010#2,58970—
2009#2,64369—
2008#2,66369—
2007#2,75066—
2006#2,43876—
2005#2,16085#11,4725
2004#2,32674—
2003#1,579122#10,8945
2002#1,268155—
2001#1,304147#10,5565
2000#1,035203—
1999#880243—
1998#852250—
1997#785265—
1996#693312—
1995#646334—
1994#568407#6,3728
1993#546433#6,8167
1992#511466#6,1288
1991#407629#3,81315
1990#388678#5,8238
1989#347737#4,52711
1988#297832#4,16211
1987#277888#4,5739
1986#272912#3,65312
1985#255977#2,82817
1984#2191,195#2,52919
1983#252941#3,88410
1982#255982#3,96610
1981#2491,000#3,22113
1980#261982#5,5256
1979#2281,151#2,89715
1978#1971,323#3,40011
1977#1871,474#5,8455
1976#1731,466#4,4187
1975#1741,502#2,63715
1974#2051,231#2,35817
1973#2101,212#3,01311
1972#2461,115#2,32316
1971#2771,036#2,81312
1970#329802#3,8367
1969#335710—
1968#356622#3,3657
1967#421490—
1966#526321—
1965#531324—
1964#524352—
1963#565302—
1962#623261#4,0335
1961#647249—
1960#658239#3,6656
1959#692209#3,2907
1958#829150#3,9445
1957#958116—
1956#1,016101—
1955#1,32058—
1954#1,25662—
1953#1,56539—
1952#1,71333—
1951#2,06423—
1950#3,05212—
1949#2,99912—
1948#3,13711—
1947#3,24011—
1946#3,9947—
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First appearance
1946

The first year at least five girls were named Keri! It came in at #3,994, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1946, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Keri is popular in 1959

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedNHWashington: #323 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,195 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedMNIllinois: #934 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,064 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedWIMichigan: #672 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,265 girlsMINew York: #1,004 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 21,048 girlsNYMassachusetts: #546 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,690 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedRIOregon: #350 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,544 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedSDIowa: #285 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,202 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #900 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 22,872 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #440 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 3,697 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedCONebraska: #315 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,445 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedNMKansas: #378 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,108 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedHITexas: #691 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 7,585 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Keri, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Iowa#285 · 1 in 2,202
  2. Nebraska#315 · 1 in 2,445
  3. Washington#323 · 1 in 2,195
  4. Oregon#350 · 1 in 2,544
  5. Kansas#378 · 1 in 3,108

Best ever in a state: #55 in Rhode Island, 1976.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#285131 in 2,202
Nebraska#31561 in 2,445
Washington#323131 in 2,195
Oregon#35061 in 2,544
Kansas#37871 in 3,108
California#440451 in 3,697
Massachusetts#54651 in 10,690
Michigan#67281 in 11,265
Texas#691151 in 7,585
Pennsylvania#90051 in 22,872
Illinois#93461 in 18,064
New York#1,00481 in 21,048
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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 Keri
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 4,670 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #7,491)
  • 279 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #7,491)
  • 3,724 spots since 2015 (#3,767 → #7,491)
  • Biggest jump: 137 spots in 1959 (#829 → #692)
  • Biggest drop: 155 spots in 2000 (#880 → #1,035)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 1976 at #173 (1,466 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1957–1999
Share of babies · girls
1 in 971
  • Highest: 1 in 971 girls born in 1975 were named Keri (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #173 in 1976, was only 1 in 999 (0.10%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 38.4% of all girls named Keri (12,312) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s41#2,999 (1949)#3,343
1950s803#692 (1959)#1,447
1960s3,870#335 (1969)#519
1970s12,312#173 (1976)#223
1980s9,446#219 (1984)#268
1990s4,017#388 (1990)#628
2000s1,066#1,035 (2000)#2,017
2010s425#2,434 (2011)#4,034
2020s81#6,409 (2023)#8,155

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.

Keri in 1959

girls
#692
209 births · 1 in 9,682 girls
boys
#3,290
7 births · 1 in 304,931 boys

Top girls' names in 1959

  1. #1Mary54,502
  2. #2Susan41,617
  3. #3Linda40,410
  4. #4Karen36,784
  5. #5Donna36,468
  6. #6Patricia35,223
  7. #7Debra31,388
  8. #8Cynthia30,186
  9. #9Deborah29,546
  10. #10Lisa25,699
  11. #692Keri209

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #3,290Keri7
More about 1959

girls

2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 9,682 of them was named Keri, which outranked 90.4% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Keri
  1. #688Marva212
  2. #688Teressa212
  3. #691Debrah210
  4. #692Keri209
  5. #692Danielle209
  6. #694Amber208
  7. #694Jenifer208
  8. #696Dolly207

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

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,090Alesia#1,985 → #895
  2. ↑ 948Tori#1,791 → #843
  3. ↑ 440Taryn#1,211 → #771
  4. ↑ 437Venus#1,007 → #570
  5. ↑ 393Vilma#1,364 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 283Dani#961 → #1,244
  2. ↓ 257Nicki#973 → #1,230
  3. ↓ 235Lanita#973 → #1,208
  4. ↓ 219Concetta#973 → #1,192
  5. ↓ 197Gisele#766 → #963

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

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 304,931 of them was named Keri, which outranked 28.0% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Keri
  1. #3,037Yaakov8
  2. #3,037Yogi8
  3. #3,037Zach8
  4. #3,290Keri7
  5. #3,290Achille7
  6. #3,290Aharon7
  7. #3,290Alessandro7
  8. #3,619Addie6
  9. #3,619Agustine6
  10. #3,619Alban6

Tied with 328 names at #3,290; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,208Efrem#3,033 → #825
  2. ↑ 901Darin#1,677 → #776
  3. ↑ 871Yancy#1,557 → #686
  4. ↑ 708Raynard#1,677 → #969
  5. ↑ 644Darrin#1,396 → #752
Fallers
  1. ↓ 307Jace#761 → #1,068
  2. ↓ 241Otha#915 → #1,156
  3. ↓ 234Cheryl#994 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 230Dann#969 → #1,199
  5. ↓ 227Carnell#777 → #1,004

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

See the top 100 for 1959 →