Ceri — girls' name
79 babies named Ceri in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
79 girls have been named Ceri since 1952, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2012.
- 79
- total births
- 1952–2012
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 29%
- born in that decade
29% of everyone ever named Ceri was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Ceri in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ceri
The Social Security Administration has registered 79 babies named Ceri between 1952 and 2012, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ceri currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ceri performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ceri shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ceri in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 79 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ceri at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ceri popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1952
- Peak year (2006)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
79 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 8 births in a single year.
Ceri by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 23 births that decade — 29% of Ceri's all-time total
Ceri decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Ceri's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1952–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.