Jeri
Girl · JERR-ee · Germanic
Jeri is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “spear rule”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Jeri mean?
Germanic: pet form of Geraldine or Jerilyn
“spear rule”
Usually a short form of Geraldine, the feminine of Gerald, from Germanic ger 'spear' and wald 'rule'.
- Say it
- JERR-ee
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Is Jeri a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeri in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 8 girls.
Jeri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Jeri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Jeri, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 915 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Jeri in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jeri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,877 |
| 2000 | 57 | #2,589 |
| 1999 | 51 | #2,700 |
| 1998 | 60 | #2,335 |
| 1997 | 67 | #2,099 |
| 1996 | 66 | #2,082 |
| 1995 | 68 | #2,001 |
| 1994 | 93 | #1,619 |
| 1993 | 84 | #1,749 |
| 1992 | 112 | #1,431 |
| 1991 | 116 | #1,379 |
| 1990 | 116 | #1,360 |
| 1989 | 119 | #1,312 |
| 1988 | 126 | #1,195 |
| 1987 | 138 | #1,098 |
| 1986 | 148 | #1,024 |
| 1985 | 203 | #809 |
| 1984 | 213 | #758 |
| 1983 | 195 | #797 |
| 1982 | 224 | #746 |
| 1981 | 212 | #768 |
| 1980 | 234 | #716 |
| 1979 | 262 | #665 |
| 1978 | 248 | #652 |
| 1977 | 291 | #593 |
| 1976 | 265 | #602 |
| 1975 | 292 | #568 |
| 1974 | 313 | #537 |
| 1973 | 328 | #516 |
| 1972 | 337 | #511 |
| 1971 | 437 | #462 |
| 1970 | 471 | #457 |
| 1969 | 492 | #436 |
| 1968 | 475 | #436 |
| 1967 | 599 | #370 |
| 1966 | 551 | #387 |
| 1965 | 473 | #434 |
| 1964 | 571 | #408 |
| 1963 | 604 | #391 |
| 1962 | 627 | #376 |
| 1961 | 717 | #355 |
| 1960 | 757 | #348 |
| 1959 | 858 | #317 |
| 1958 | 855 | #313 |
| 1957 | 915 | #300 |
| 1956 | 893 | #299 |
| 1955 | 845 | #301 |
| 1954 | 771 | #302 |
| 1953 | 683 | #313 |
| 1952 | 649 | #317 |
| 1951 | 473 | #372 |
| 1950 | 392 | #403 |
| 1949 | 358 | #415 |
| 1948 | 302 | #460 |
| 1947 | 392 | #408 |
| 1946 | 328 | #425 |
| 1945 | 252 | #447 |
| 1944 | 198 | #513 |
| 1943 | 189 | #545 |
| 1942 | 217 | #503 |
| 1941 | 122 | #644 |
| 1940 | 78 | #802 |
| 1939 | 87 | #727 |
| 1938 | 73 | #826 |
| 1937 | 59 | #896 |
| 1936 | 58 | #894 |
| 1935 | 72 | #798 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,098 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,140 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,268 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,593 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,933 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
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