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Geri

  • Origin Norse
  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 8,104

Northern Ireland

#439

1998 births

Geri is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2018 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Geri is a name of Norse origin.
  • Peaked in 1958, when 368 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1918.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Geri over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

2,466
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Geri by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 5
1920s 32
1930s 226
1940s 839
1950s 2,280
1960s 2,466
1970s 1,081
1980s 688
1990s 266
2000s 115
2010s (to 2018) 28

How popular is Geri?

In 2018, Geri was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Geri is used

Northern Ireland #439 3 in 1998
Ireland #743 3 in 2001
Scotland #804 3 in 1997
England & Wales #7,536 3 in 2011
United States #13,750 7 in 2018

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Geri

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Sibling names for Geri

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Geri — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Geri

How popular is the name Geri?

In 2018, Geri was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Geri a girl's or a boy's name?

Geri is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Geri?

Geri has 2 syllables.

When was Geri most popular?

Geri peaked in 1958, when 368 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.