girl's name

Jeri

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 23,037

Scotland

#684

1987 births

Jeri is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1957, when 926 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 473,709 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1918.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Jeri over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

7,464
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Jeri by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 13
1920s 78
1930s 523
1940s 2,534
1950s 7,464
1960s 5,940
1970s 3,270
1980s 1,835
1990s 838
2000s 326
2010s 136
2020s (to 2025) 57

How popular is Jeri?

In 2025, Jeri was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Jeri is used

Scotland #684 3 in 1987
Canada #2,748 5 in 1992
England & Wales #5,158 3 in 2002
United States #12,839 7 in 2025

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 Jeri

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

Parents who like Jeri also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jeri over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Jeri

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

Common questions about Jeri

How popular is the name Jeri?

In 2025, Jeri was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Jeri is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Jeri?

Jeri has 2 syllables.

When was Jeri most popular?

Jeri peaked in 1957, when 926 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Jeri a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jeri currently ranks #12,839 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.