Girls' name · peaked in 1975
Keri name popularity since 1925
32,386 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Keri (99.0% girls, 1.0% boys). Half of them were born in 1979 or earlier, so the typical Keri is about 47 years old in 2026. Keri peaked in 1975 as the #174 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 32,386
- Named Keri, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #7,686 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.0% girls
- 32,061 girls · 325 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 1.73× its national share
Peak year is the year Keri 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.
Keri births per year, 1925–2025
1975 was the biggest year for Keri both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1966 and 1971, Keri became 3.3× more common, from 1 in 5,270 baby girls to 1 in 1,610.
- Steepest fall: Between 1996 and 2001, its share of baby girls fell by 54%, from 1 in 5,620 to 1 in 12,200.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Keri's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Keri.
Decade by decade
Babies named Keri 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 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 41 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 803 | 12 | #1,331 |
| 1960s | 3,870 | 18 | #531 |
| 1970s | 12,312 | 116 | #174 |
| 1980s | 9,446 | 118 | #256 |
| 1990s | 4,017 | 46 | #647 |
| 2000s | 1,066 | 15 | #2,173 |
| 2010s | 425 | 0 | #3,812 |
| 2020–25 | 81 | 0 | #7,686 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
49.1% of babies named Keri from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Keri is most popular
The index compares Keri'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 Keri.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 1.73× | 669 |
| Oregon | 1.68× | 467 |
| Utah | 1.67× | 420 |
| Nebraska | 1.64× | 341 |
| Washington | 1.62× | 803 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Keri 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Keri (this page) | 32,061 | 1975 |
| Kerri | 37,021 | 1975 |
| Kerrie | 8,589 | 1975 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Keri's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Keri.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Keri (1975).
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