How rare is the name Geri?

8,113 people in the United States have the first name Geri, about 1 in 37,228. It ranks #2,849 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GERI

#2,849

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,113
About
1 in 37,228
This common or more
81%
Who bears it

Of the 8,113 people named Geri, 84.6% reported their origin as White, 5.1% as Black and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Geri peaked in 1958, when 368 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19182018
Peak year
1958
Births that year
368
In 2018
7 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,026 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Geri by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,079. The largest share of babies named Geri, 52.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#11,6155
1920s#8,87832
1930s#2,883226
1940s#1,545839
1950s#1,0792,280
1960s#1,1192,466
1970s#1,8691,081
1980s#2,779688
1990s#6,570266
2000s#14,874115
2010s#30,50828
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–458%
Baby boom 1946–6452.2%
Generation X 1965–8027%
Millennials 1981–969.9%
Generation Z 1997–122.3%
2013 and later0.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Geri is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Geri has been most common in Washington (2.5×), Illinois (2.5×), and Minnesota (2.2×), and least common in Georgia (0.21×).

4,938 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Geri

#2,847 Eula · 8,120#2,848 Jaylon · 8,119#2,850 Mariaelena · 8,110#2,850 Migdalia · 8,110

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Geri, most common first.

#3,909 Gerri · 5,001#10,955 Ger · 1,192#13,752 Gery · 871#25,331 Gera · 375#49,014 Gere · 128#49,014 Gerie · 128#51,177 Gero · 115

Also a last name

As a last name, Geri ranks #102,571 of 156,621, with 187 people. See Geri as a last name

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