Keri

girls:

32k births since 1946

#785 (86th percentile)

boys:

325 births since 1958

#4261 (7th percentile)

overall:

32.4k births since 1946

#1411 (82nd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Keri is the #1,411 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 32,363 recorded births since 1946. This represents the 81.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 81.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #785 (86.3% percentile) for all time with 32,038 births since 1946. For boys, it ranks #4,261 (7.0% percentile) for all time with 325 births since 1958.

Keri first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1946 (1946 for girls and 1958 for boys).

The name Keri has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.0% of all recorded births being female.

For girls, Keri reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 77.9% percentile (ranked #169) with 933 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 962 births per million (ranked 77.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1978, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Keri ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 1.1% of its peak share of births.

For boys, Keri reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #674) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2005.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keri".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
32,038
Peak Births
1,502
Peak Year
1976
First Recorded
1946
Peak Percentile
77.9%
Current Percentile
1.4%
Peak Rank
#169
Current Rank
#934
Female statistics
Total Births
325
Peak Births
19
Peak Year
1984
First Recorded
1958
Peak Percentile
2.0%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#674
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Keri

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Our model is 100.0% confident that Keri is pronounced as KEH-ree, which has 2 syllables.

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