Keri
Girl · English
Keri is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “descendant of Ciardha”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Keri mean?
English: spelling of Kerry
“descendant of Ciardha”
A surname from Middle English derived from the place name, or from the Middle English given name Kendrick.
Meaning borrowed from Kerry. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Keri a girl's or a boy's name?
Keri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keri 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 58 girls.
Half of all the girls named Keri in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2003. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Keri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 25 | #1,077 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,216 |
| 2002 | 36 | #762 |
| 2001 | 38 | #722 |
| 2000 | 37 | #715 |
| 1999 | 40 | #676 |
| 1998 | 40 | #681 |
| 1997 | 58 | #527 |
| 1996 | 52 | #545 |
How popular is Keri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Keri, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 1,502 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Keri in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 girls in the US were given Keri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,538, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
Keri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,363 |
| 2011 | 75 | #2,433 |
| 2010 | 70 | #2,589 |
| 2009 | 69 | #2,642 |
| 2008 | 69 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,750 |
| 2006 | 76 | #2,438 |
| 2005 | 85 | #2,159 |
| 2004 | 74 | #2,323 |
| 2003 | 122 | #1,578 |
| 2002 | 155 | #1,267 |
| 2001 | 147 | #1,303 |
| 2000 | 203 | #1,033 |
| 1999 | 243 | #879 |
| 1998 | 250 | #852 |
| 1997 | 265 | #785 |
| 1996 | 312 | #693 |
| 1995 | 334 | #646 |
| 1994 | 407 | #568 |
| 1993 | 433 | #546 |
| 1992 | 466 | #511 |
| 1991 | 629 | #407 |
| 1990 | 678 | #388 |
| 1989 | 737 | #347 |
| 1988 | 832 | #297 |
| 1987 | 888 | #277 |
| 1986 | 912 | #272 |
| 1985 | 977 | #255 |
| 1984 | 1,195 | #219 |
| 1983 | 941 | #252 |
| 1982 | 982 | #255 |
| 1981 | 1,000 | #249 |
| 1980 | 982 | #261 |
| 1979 | 1,151 | #228 |
| 1978 | 1,323 | #197 |
| 1977 | 1,474 | #187 |
| 1976 | 1,466 | #173 |
| 1975 | 1,502 | #174 |
| 1974 | 1,231 | #205 |
| 1973 | 1,212 | #210 |
| 1972 | 1,115 | #246 |
| 1971 | 1,036 | #277 |
| 1970 | 802 | #329 |
| 1969 | 710 | #335 |
| 1968 | 622 | #356 |
| 1967 | 490 | #421 |
| 1966 | 321 | #526 |
| 1965 | 324 | #531 |
| 1964 | 352 | #524 |
| 1963 | 302 | #565 |
| 1962 | 261 | #623 |
| 1961 | 249 | #647 |
| 1960 | 239 | #658 |
| 1959 | 209 | #692 |
| 1958 | 150 | #828 |
| 1957 | 116 | #957 |
| 1956 | 101 | #1,015 |
| 1955 | 58 | #1,319 |
| 1954 | 62 | #1,255 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,564 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,712 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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