Girls' name · peaked in 1957
Jeri name popularity since 1925
22,974 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jeri (98.4% girls, 1.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1961 or earlier, so the typical Jeri is about 65 years old in 2026. Jeri peaked in 1957 as the #300 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,974
- Named Jeri, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #12,474 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.4% girls
- 22,597 girls · 377 boys
- Most popular in
- Iowa
- 2.46× its national share
Peak year is the year Jeri made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jeri births per year, 1925–2025
1957 was the biggest year for Jeri both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1941 and 1946, Jeri became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 9,900 baby girls to 1 in 4,790.
- Steepest fall: Between 1984 and 1989, its share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 7,910 to 1 in 15,500.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jeri's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jeri.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jeri in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 51 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 502 | 21 | #801 |
| 1940s | 2,436 | 98 | #449 |
| 1950s | 7,334 | 130 | #302 |
| 1960s | 5,866 | 74 | #434 |
| 1970s | 3,244 | 26 | #568 |
| 1980s | 1,812 | 23 | #811 |
| 1990s | 833 | 5 | #2,015 |
| 2000s | 326 | 0 | #4,153 |
| 2010s | 136 | 0 | #11,321 |
| 2020–25 | 57 | 0 | #12,474 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
53.1% of babies named Jeri from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Jeri is most popular
The index compares Jeri's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jeri.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 2.46× | 599 |
| Washington | 2.16× | 692 |
| Kansas | 2.14× | 419 |
| Oregon | 2.05× | 369 |
| Utah | 1.90× | 310 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jeri and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jeri (this page) | 22,597 | 1957 |
| Jerri | 15,499 | 1967 |
| Jerrie | 5,108 | 1942 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jeri's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jeri.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jeri (1957).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data