Boy or Girl

Is Jeri a boy or girl name?

Jeri is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 11 girls and 0 boys were named Jeri, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 98.4% of the 23,009 US babies named Jeri were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#9,176
Babies named Jeri since 1918
23,009
Most popular year
1957
926 babies
Babies named Jeri each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Jeri from 1918 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.02505007501,000192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Jeri, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1910s013100%
1920s078100%
1930s2150296%
1940s982,43696.1%
1950s1307,33498.3%
1960s745,86698.8%
1970s263,24699.2%
1980s231,81298.7%
1990s583399.4%
2000s0326100%
2010s0136100%
2020s050100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–11#9,176
20230–12#8,684
20220–7#12,808
20210–5#16,301
20200–15#7,368
20190–19#6,280
20180–18#6,646
20170–14#8,046
20160–9#11,266
20150–9#11,317
20140–9#11,390
20130–8#12,508
20120–18#6,982
20110–15#7,960
20100–17#7,339
20090–23#5,981
20080–22#6,237
20070–27#5,299
20060–31#4,623
20050–34#4,153
20040–24#5,279
20030–29#4,464
20020–29#4,328
20010–50#2,891
20000–57#2,611
19990–51#2,711
19980–60#2,350
19970–67#2,107
19960–66#2,095
19950–68#2,015
19940–93#1,628
19930–84#1,758
19920–112#1,439
19910–116#1,388
19905#8,730116#1,366
19890–119#1,318
19880–126#1,199
19870–138#1,102
19860–148#1,024
19850–203#810
19845#6,778213#759
19830–195#798
19820–224#746
19819#4,316212#771
19809#4,296234#718
19790–262#665
19786#5,387248#653
19770–291#593
19765#5,998265#602
19750–292#568
19740–314#535
19738#3,873329#516
19720–337#511
19717#4,155437#462
19700–471#457
19690–492#436
19688#3,226475#437
19677#3,393599#370
19669#2,874551#388
19657#3,391473#434
19648#3,152571#408
196310#2,759604#391
19625#4,329627#376
19615#4,348717#356
196015#2,168757#348
195917#2,008858#318
195816#2,064855#313
195711#2,556915#300
195616#2,048893#299
195514#2,180845#302
195411#2,528771#303
195312#2,342683#313
195217#1,901649#317
19518#2,946473#373
19508#2,892392#404
19499#2,702358#416
19488#2,893302#460
194710#2,582392#408
19468#2,800328#425
194518#1,603252#449
19449#2,545198#513
19435#3,782189#547
194215#1,908217#504
19417#3,001122#644
19409#2,57478#804
19399#2,53487#731
19380–73#827
19376#3,33059#898
19360–58#898
19356#3,44272#801
19340–41#1,113
19330–38#1,150
19320–33#1,281
19310–23#1,613
19300–18#1,981
19290–15#2,244
19280–8#3,594
19270–8#3,709
19260–10#3,160
19250–10#3,228
19240–13#2,736
19230–0–
19220–8#3,827
19210–0–
19200–6#4,650
19190–5#5,162
19180–8#3,664

Highest rank

As a boy name, Jeri reached #1,603 in 1945. As a girl name, it reached #299 in 1956. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Jeri

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.