first name
JERI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,868 people named Jeri, 87.2% reported their origin as White, 4.7% as Black and 3.2% as two or more races. 98.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jeri peaked in 1957, when 926 babies got the name.
At least 23,014 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jeri by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #571. The largest share of babies named Jeri, 53%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jeri is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jeri has been most common in Montana (3.1×), Iowa (2.4×), and Washington (2.2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.08×).
18,957 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 Jeri
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jeri, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jeri ranks #153,590 of 156,621, with 104 people. See Jeri as a last name
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