Jeri
Jeri is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jeri
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jeri is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jeri
Jeri first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1918, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1957: 915 births, good for #300 nationwide. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 32% of all recorded Jeris. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #8,769 among baby girl names with 10 births, falling sharply (-30%). In total, more than 23K Jeris have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Jeri
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jeri. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Jeri
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About the name Jeri
Jeri is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 23K births in the dataset. Jeri's peak popularity came in 1957 when it ranked #299. Use the chart and map above to compare Jeri'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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