girl's name

Keri

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 33,432

Northern Ireland

#415

2006 births

Keri is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1975, when 1,517 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 236,855 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1946.

Keri over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

12,428
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Keri by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 41
1950s 815
1960s 3,888
1970s 12,428
1980s 9,564
1990s 4,063
2000s 1,081
2010s 425
2020s (to 2025) 81

How popular is Keri?

In 2025, Keri was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Keri is used

Northern Ireland #415 3 in 2006
Scotland #830 3 in 2009
Ireland #963 3 in 2013
Canada #2,362 8 in 2009
France #5,326 5 in 2011
England & Wales #6,404 3 in 2010
United States #7,558 14 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 Keri

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

Parents who like Keri also like

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

Sibling names for Keri

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

Common questions about Keri

How popular is the name Keri?

In 2025, Keri was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Keri is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Keri most popular?

Keri peaked in 1975, when 1,517 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Keri a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Keri currently ranks #7,558 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.