Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Jeri

Gender

Female

Origin

African
Spear ruler
English
Rules by the spear. Diminutive form of Geraldine.

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Jeri

Pronunciation

j(e)-ri

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1945 (rank #1581, 18 births); most recent 1990 (rank #8109, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1957 (rank #300, 915 births); most recent 2025 (rank #11932, 7 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–7
2024–11
2023–12
2022–7
2021–5
2020–15
2019–19
2018–18
2017–14
2016–9

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1997 (rank #1957, 8 births); most recent 2002 (rank #4128, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1987 (rank #582, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1957 (rank #362, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence