Jerri
Girl · JERR-ee · Germanic
Jerri is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “spear rule”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Jerri mean?
Germanic: spelling of Jeri; 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
Meaning borrowed from Jeri. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jerri a girl's or a boy's name?
Jerri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jerri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Jerri, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 565 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the girls named Jerri in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1998, 84% of the babies named Jerri in the US were girls.
Jerri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 55 | #2,362 |
| 1994 | 61 | #2,183 |
| 1993 | 72 | #1,938 |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,234 |
| 1991 | 75 | #1,871 |
| 1990 | 68 | #1,984 |
| 1989 | 73 | #1,814 |
| 1988 | 88 | #1,520 |
| 1987 | 97 | #1,386 |
| 1986 | 91 | #1,405 |
| 1985 | 107 | #1,263 |
| 1984 | 105 | #1,232 |
| 1983 | 115 | #1,150 |
| 1982 | 153 | #966 |
| 1981 | 150 | #976 |
| 1980 | 192 | #820 |
| 1979 | 187 | #833 |
| 1978 | 189 | #791 |
| 1977 | 203 | #751 |
| 1976 | 214 | #692 |
| 1975 | 228 | #668 |
| 1974 | 254 | #612 |
| 1973 | 290 | #567 |
| 1972 | 308 | #541 |
| 1971 | 359 | #516 |
| 1970 | 385 | #510 |
| 1969 | 390 | #492 |
| 1968 | 472 | #439 |
| 1967 | 507 | #414 |
| 1966 | 456 | #440 |
| 1965 | 451 | #447 |
| 1964 | 529 | #426 |
| 1963 | 513 | #427 |
| 1962 | 510 | #431 |
| 1961 | 547 | #416 |
| 1960 | 550 | #412 |
| 1959 | 553 | #399 |
| 1958 | 549 | #390 |
| 1957 | 565 | #381 |
| 1956 | 443 | #436 |
| 1955 | 438 | #421 |
| 1954 | 409 | #430 |
| 1953 | 391 | #438 |
| 1952 | 353 | #454 |
| 1951 | 316 | #467 |
| 1950 | 198 | #599 |
| 1949 | 173 | #627 |
| 1948 | 171 | #634 |
| 1947 | 212 | #584 |
| 1946 | 194 | #573 |
| 1945 | 150 | #596 |
| 1944 | 144 | #613 |
| 1943 | 138 | #646 |
| 1942 | 126 | #668 |
| 1941 | 83 | #790 |
| 1940 | 58 | #944 |
| 1939 | 54 | #960 |
| 1938 | 37 | #1,200 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1936 | 30 | #1,321 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,086 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,906 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,689 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
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