Keri Girl

How popular is Keri?

#7,489 girl name in 2025

14 baby girls were named Keri in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.

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30,866living people named Keri (est.)
47median age of people named Keri
32,386babies named Keri since 1880
1 in 236,810US babies born in 2025

Keri popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#7,489 for girls (▲ 4667 from 2024)
Babies in 202514 girls
10-year trendFalling fast (-65% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#3,766 in 2015, #7,208 in 2020
Peak year1975 (1,502 girls)
Highest rank#173 in 1976
First recorded1946
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Keri counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Keari family of names ranked #1,865 for girls in 2025 (#2,005 the year before), with 75 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Keari 38 51%
Keri 14 19%
Kerri 10 13%
Kearie 8 11%
Kerrie 5 7%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Keri by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1940s41#2,998
1950s803#692
1960s3,870#335
1970s12,312#173
1980s9,446#219
1990s4,017#388
2000s1,066#1,033
2010s425#2,433
2020s81#6,404

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Questions

Is Keri a boy or girl name?
Keri is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Keri were girls.
How popular is the name Keri?
14 baby girls were named Keri in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
When was Keri most popular?
Keri peaked in 1975, when 1,502 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #173 in 1976.
How many people are named Keri?
32,386 babies have been named Keri in the US since 1880. We estimate about 30,866 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 47.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.