Jeri
Jeri was given to 7 girls in 2025, #12,470 among girls’ names; 23,014 Americans have been recorded with it since 1918 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 18,900 Americans named Jeri and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (82% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 53 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jeri by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jeri mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jeri is “a diminutive of the female given names Geraldine and Jerilyn, also used as a formal given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jeri?
#12,470 among girls’ names, 2025
Jeri fell from #11,316 in 2015 to #12,470 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 5.0 to 4.4 per million.
926 babies in 1957, the peak
Jeri peaked in 1957, when 926 babies were given it (915 girls, #300 among girls’ names). The 7 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #12,470 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,205 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,695 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,810 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 5 | #16,308 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,366 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,277 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,642 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 14 | #8,043 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 9 | #11,261 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (106)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 | #11,316 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 9 | #11,387 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 8 | #12,504 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,981 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,957 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,336 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,980 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,237 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,296 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,622 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,149 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,277 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,459 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,324 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,887 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 57 | #2,607 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 51 | #2,709 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 60 | #2,347 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 67 | #2,104 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 66 | #2,092 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 68 | #2,010 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 93 | #1,623 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 84 | #1,753 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 112 | #1,436 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 116 | #1,384 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 116 | #1,362 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 119 | #1,315 | 0.06 |
| 1988 | 126 | #1,198 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 138 | #1,102 | 0.08 |
| 1986 | 148 | #1,024 | 0.09 |
| 1985 | 203 | #811 | 0.12 |
| 1984 | 213 | #759 | 0.13 |
| 1983 | 195 | #798 | 0.12 |
| 1982 | 224 | #746 | 0.13 |
| 1981 | 212 | #771 | 0.13 |
| 1980 | 234 | #716 | 0.14 |
| 1979 | 262 | #665 | 0.16 |
| 1978 | 248 | #653 | 0.16 |
| 1977 | 291 | #593 | 0.19 |
| 1976 | 265 | #602 | 0.18 |
| 1975 | 292 | #568 | 0.20 |
| 1974 | 313 | #537 | 0.21 |
| 1973 | 328 | #516 | 0.22 |
| 1972 | 337 | #511 | 0.22 |
| 1971 | 437 | #462 | 0.26 |
| 1970 | 471 | #457 | 0.27 |
| 1969 | 492 | #436 | 0.29 |
| 1968 | 475 | #437 | 0.29 |
| 1967 | 599 | #370 | 0.36 |
| 1966 | 551 | #388 | 0.33 |
| 1965 | 473 | #434 | 0.27 |
| 1964 | 571 | #408 | 0.30 |
| 1963 | 604 | #391 | 0.31 |
| 1962 | 627 | #376 | 0.32 |
| 1961 | 717 | #355 | 0.36 |
| 1960 | 757 | #348 | 0.37 |
| 1959 | 858 | #318 | 0.42 |
| 1958 | 855 | #313 | 0.43 |
| 1957 | 915 | #300 | 0.45 |
| 1956 | 893 | #299 | 0.44 |
| 1955 | 845 | #302 | 0.43 |
| 1954 | 771 | #303 | 0.40 |
| 1953 | 683 | #313 | 0.36 |
| 1952 | 649 | #317 | 0.35 |
| 1951 | 473 | #372 | 0.26 |
| 1950 | 392 | #403 | 0.23 |
| 1949 | 358 | #415 | 0.21 |
| 1948 | 302 | #460 | 0.18 |
| 1947 | 392 | #408 | 0.22 |
| 1946 | 328 | #425 | 0.21 |
| 1945 | 252 | #449 | 0.19 |
| 1944 | 198 | #513 | 0.15 |
| 1943 | 189 | #547 | 0.14 |
| 1942 | 217 | #504 | 0.16 |
| 1941 | 122 | #644 | 0.10 |
| 1940 | 78 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 87 | #731 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 73 | #827 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 59 | #898 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 58 | #898 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 72 | #801 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,113 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,150 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,281 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,612 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,980 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,243 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,592 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,707 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,159 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,227 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,735 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,825 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,648 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 5 | #5,160 | under 0.01 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,662 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Jeri a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 23,014 Americans recorded as Jeri, 98% are girls and 2% boys. In 2025 it went to 7 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jeri: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jeri, and how old are they?
18,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 82% of the 23,014 Americans ever recorded as Jeri. The median Jeri alive today is 63 years old; half are between 53 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 18,868 people named Jeri (18,518 women and girls, 350 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 20,031 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 706 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 9,630 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,650 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,180 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 547 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 142 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jeri born?
The states with the most babies named Jeri are California, Texas and Illinois, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,962 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Texas | 1,498 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 1,345 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 1,173 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 1,077 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New York | 756 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Washington | 692 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Indiana | 682 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Iowa | 599 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Wisconsin | 501 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Jeri is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jeri is most over-represented in Montana: since 1918 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jeri with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 46,341 babies since 1880, Jeri is the most given (50% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jeri
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jeri and names like it
- Compare Jeri and JerriBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sJeri peaked in 1957.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jeri since 1910.
- The top names of 1957The year the most babies were named Jeri.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jeri alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.