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
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 1,466 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 32,061since 1946
Keri over time
Rank among girls' names. Keri has never cracked the top 100 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 | #7,491 | 14 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,152 | 25 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,066 | 36 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,849 | 39 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,767 | 40 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,778 | 40 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,002 | 37 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,364 | 48 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,434 | 75 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,589 | 70 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,643 | 69 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,663 | 69 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,750 | 66 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,438 | 76 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,160 | 85 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #2,326 | 74 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,579 | 122 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #1,268 | 155 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,304 | 147 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #1,035 | 203 | — | |
| 1999 | #880 | 243 | — | |
| 1998 | #852 | 250 | — | |
| 1997 | #785 | 265 | — | |
| 1996 | #693 | 312 | — | |
| 1995 | #646 | 334 | — | |
| 1994 | #568 | 407 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #546 | 433 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #511 | 466 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #407 | 629 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #388 | 678 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #347 | 737 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #297 | 832 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #277 | 888 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #272 | 912 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #255 | 977 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #219 | 1,195 | #2,529 | 19 |
| 1983 | #252 | 941 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #255 | 982 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #249 | 1,000 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #261 | 982 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #228 | 1,151 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | #197 | 1,323 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #187 | 1,474 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #173 | 1,466 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #174 | 1,502 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #205 | 1,231 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #210 | 1,212 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #246 | 1,115 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #277 | 1,036 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #329 | 802 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #335 | 710 | — | |
| 1968 | #356 | 622 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #421 | 490 | — | |
| 1966 | #526 | 321 | — | |
| 1965 | #531 | 324 | — | |
| 1964 | #524 | 352 | — | |
| 1963 | #565 | 302 | — | |
| 1962 | #623 | 261 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #647 | 249 | — | |
| 1960 | #658 | 239 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #692 | 209 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #829 | 150 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #958 | 116 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,016 | 101 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,320 | 58 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,256 | 62 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,565 | 39 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,713 | 33 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | — | |
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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 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Rhode Island#78 · 1 in 288
- Idaho#93 · 1 in 338
- Hawaii#114 · 1 in 371
- Nebraska#124 · 1 in 520
- Oregon#126 · 1 in 505
Best ever in a state: #55 in Rhode Island, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #78 | 18 | 1 in 288 |
| Idaho | #93 | 14 | 1 in 338 |
| Hawaii | #114 | 12 | 1 in 371 |
| Nebraska | #124 | 18 | 1 in 520 |
| Oregon | #126 | 25 | 1 in 505 |
| Oklahoma | #127 | 30 | 1 in 543 |
| Washington | #145 | 31 | 1 in 619 |
| Wisconsin | #150 | 36 | 1 in 764 |
| Delaware | #161 | 5 | 1 in 614 |
| Massachusetts | #161 | 41 | 1 in 835 |
| Minnesota | #168 | 30 | 1 in 802 |
| Kansas | #175 | 16 | 1 in 770 |
| California | #185 | 151 | 1 in 908 |
| Utah | #186 | 13 | 1 in 810 |
| Montana | #194 | 5 | 1 in 776 |
| Iowa | #202 | 17 | 1 in 1,025 |
| Connecticut | #209 | 14 | 1 in 1,130 |
| District of Columbia | #221 | 8 | 1 in 926 |
| Missouri | #225 | 27 | 1 in 1,159 |
| Colorado | #231 | 15 | 1 in 1,049 |
| Ohio | #232 | 59 | 1 in 1,262 |
| Maryland | #239 | 16 | 1 in 1,286 |
| New York | #241 | 87 | 1 in 1,274 |
| Alabama | #257 | 17 | 1 in 1,420 |
| Arizona | #257 | 12 | 1 in 1,206 |
| Arkansas | #258 | 10 | 1 in 1,309 |
| Indiana | #259 | 26 | 1 in 1,425 |
| Michigan | #261 | 42 | 1 in 1,474 |
| New Mexico | #261 | 7 | 1 in 1,091 |
| Illinois | #274 | 49 | 1 in 1,522 |
| Florida | #277 | 30 | 1 in 1,483 |
| Texas | #282 | 69 | 1 in 1,397 |
| New Jersey | #291 | 25 | 1 in 1,629 |
| Pennsylvania | #300 | 38 | 1 in 1,898 |
| South Carolina | #320 | 10 | 1 in 1,920 |
| Virginia | #338 | 12 | 1 in 2,467 |
| Georgia | #371 | 14 | 1 in 2,570 |
| Louisiana | #373 | 12 | 1 in 2,210 |
| Tennessee | #409 | 9 | 1 in 3,145 |
| North Carolina | #472 | 9 | 1 in 4,077 |
| Mississippi | #504 | 5 | 1 in 3,467 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1976 at #173 (1,466 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1957–1999
- 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
- 38.4% of all girls named Keri (12,312) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 41 | #2,999 (1949) | #3,343 |
| 1950s | 803 | #692 (1959) | #1,447 |
| 1960s | 3,870 | #335 (1969) | #519 |
| 1970s | 12,312 | #173 (1976) | #223 |
| 1980s | 9,446 | #219 (1984) | #268 |
| 1990s | 4,017 | #388 (1990) | #628 |
| 2000s | 1,066 | #1,035 (2000) | #2,017 |
| 2010s | 425 | #2,434 (2011) | #4,034 |
| 2020s | 81 | #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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,364 of them was named Keri, which outranked 97.5% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 101,351 of them was named Keri, which outranked 59.6% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,243Tracie17
- #2,243Yisroel17
- #2,243Yolanda17
- #2,323Keri16
- #2,323Alvie16
- #2,323Antwaun16
- #2,323Anzio16
- #2,418Aarron15
- #2,418Adelbert15
- #2,418Akili15
Tied with 94 names at #2,323; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.