Ceri
Ceri is a hamlet (frazione) of the comune of Cerveteri, in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio. It occupies a fortified plateau of tuff at a short distance from the city of Cerveteri.
- Welsh
Meaning & Origin of Ceri
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ceri is a hamlet (frazione) of the comune of Cerveteri, in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio. It occupies a fortified plateau of tuff at a short distance from the city of Cerveteri.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Welsh
Origin & history
The Story of Ceri
The earliest SSA record of Ceri as a baby girl name dates back to 1952, when 5 babies received it. 2006 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Ceri — #12,420 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Ceri on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Ceri last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 78 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ceri
Ceri is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1952 and has accumulated 78 births in the dataset. Ceri's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #12,420. Use the chart and map above to compare Ceri's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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