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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Gerri

Gerri was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1958, when it ranked 660th with 226 babies. More babies were named Gerri 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
1958226 babies
Total since 1880
5,463babies recorded

Gerri 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: 17 since 1956.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#15,6236
2000#8,77311
1990#4,42322
1980#1,89057
1970#916141
1960#722196
1950#1,11868
1940#1,09144
1930#4,2456
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Gerri, counting every spelling?

Gerri has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Gerri?

About 4,500 people born in the US named Gerri are alive today, with a median age of 62; half are between 54 and 69. That makes Gerri 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.

Gerri by state

How common Gerri was among girls born in each state in 1956–1960, around its peak. In 25 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: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesWI0.06Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesWA0.13Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesMN0.10Illinois: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesIL0.11Michigan: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesMI0.10New York: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNY0.09Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesOR0.10Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesIN0.11Ohio: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesOH0.10Pennsylvania: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesPA0.11New Jersey: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.12Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesCA0.11Utah: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesUT0.10Colorado: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesCO0.12Nebraska: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesNE0.07Missouri: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMO0.07Kentucky: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesKY0.05West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.07New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesKS0.07Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTN0.03North Carolina: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNC0.06South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesOK0.12Louisiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesLA0.03Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesAL0.03Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesTX0.08Florida: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesFL0.09
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Gerri, girls, 1956–1960. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

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

Gerri is also a nickname for Geraldine.

Questions about the name Gerri

How popular is the name Gerri?

Gerri was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1958, when it ranked 660th with 226 babies. More babies were named Gerri in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Gerri a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 5,446 girls and 17 boys.

Where was Gerri most popular?

In 1956–1960, Gerri was most common in Washington (0.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oklahoma and Colorado.