How rare is the name Gerri?

5,001 people in the United States have the first name Gerri, about 1 in 60,394. It ranks #3,909 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GERRI

#3,909

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,001
About
1 in 60,394
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,001 people named Gerri, 80.7% reported their origin as White, 11.2% as Black and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gerri peaked in 1958, when 226 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19252010
Peak year
1958
Births that year
226
In 2010
6 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,463 babies have been given the name since 1925. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Gerri by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,323. The largest share of babies named Gerri, 49.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1920s#10,61717
1930s#3,638155
1940s#1,813629
1950s#1,4071,405
1960s#1,3231,792
1970s#2,087896
1980s#3,979397
1990s#9,883150
2000s#35,85916
2010s#44,5536
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–458.7%
Baby boom 1946–6449.6%
Generation X 1965–8032.1%
Millennials 1981–968.4%
Generation Z 1997–121%

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 Gerri is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gerri has been most common in Ohio (2.3×), Illinois (2.1×), and Michigan (1.9×), and least common in Georgia (0.54×).

2,825 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 Gerri

#3,906 Tawana · 5,003#3,908 Lianna · 5,002#3,910 Rania · 5,000#3,911 Smith · 4,999

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,833 Gerry · 15,883#2,849 Geri · 8,113#12,354 Gerrie · 1,010#49,173 Gerre · 127

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