girl's name

Seri

  • Origin Japanese
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 213

Seri is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Seri is a name of Japanese origin.
  • Peaked in 2007, when 11 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 663,130 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1949.

Seri 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.

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'40 '50 '70 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Seri by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 6
1950s 22
1970s 6
1990s 22
2000s 52
2010s 45
2020s (to 2025) 40

How popular is Seri?

In 2025, Seri was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Seri is used

Canada #3,117 6 in 2022
England & Wales #5,297 4 in 2023
United States #15,998 5 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 Seri

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

Parents who like Seri also like

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

Sibling names for Seri

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

Common questions about Seri

How popular is the name Seri?

In 2025, Seri was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Seri is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Seri most popular?

Seri peaked in 2007, when 11 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Seri a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Seri currently ranks #15,998 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.