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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Geri

Geri was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1958, when it ranked 500th with 368 babies. More babies were named Geri in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1958368 babies
Total since 1880
8,026babies recorded

Geri popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1947.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#6,92615
1990#2,46849
1980#1,29199
1970#776183
1960#543318
1950#93891
1940#1,28034
1930#2,75111
1920#4,5986
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Geri, counting every spelling?

Geri has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Geri?

About 6,600 people born in the US named Geri are alive today, with a median age of 63; half are between 53 and 69. That makes Geri a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Geri by state

How common Geri was among girls born in each state in 1956–1960, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Washington (2.9×), Iowa (2.1×), Wisconsin (1.9×), Oregon (1.8×), Nebraska (1.8×). In 20 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesWI0.31Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.46 per 1,000 babiesWA0.46Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesMT0.32North Dakota: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesND0.15Minnesota: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesMN0.27Illinois: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesIL0.28Michigan: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesMI0.22New York: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesNY0.16Massachusetts: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMA0.02Oregon: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesOR0.28Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesIA0.33Indiana: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesIN0.13Ohio: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesOH0.15Pennsylvania: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesPA0.13New Jersey: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.12Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesCA0.24Utah: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesUT0.23Colorado: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesCO0.19Nebraska: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesNE0.28Missouri: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesMO0.20Kentucky: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesKY0.04West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesNM0.21Kansas: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesKS0.27Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNC0.04South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesOK0.05Louisiana: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesLA0.07Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesGA0.06Hawaii: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesHI0.40Texas: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesTX0.09Florida: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesFL0.06
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Geri, girls, 1956–1960. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Geri: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Geri, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Geri

How popular is the name Geri?

Geri was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1958, when it ranked 500th with 368 babies. More babies were named Geri in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Geri a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 8,021 girls and 5 boys.

Where was Geri most popular?

In 1956–1960, Geri was most common in Washington (0.46 per 1,000 girls), followed by Hawaii and Iowa.