How Many People Are Named Keri?

30,684

people named Keri are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 11,138 people in the US has this name

Based on 32,386 babies named Keri in Social Security records from 1946 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,258

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#668

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Peak Year

1975

1,517 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: KER-ee
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Feminine variant of KERRY.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Keri in English. Counting Keri and these spellings together, about 259,970 people alive in the US have the name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.0%
Male
1.0%

Of the babies given the name Keri, 99% were girls and 1% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Keri alive today is about 45 years old, and 84% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 52 in 2025.

Under 30 2,626
8.6%
30 to 59 25,851
84.2%
60 and over 2,207
7.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Keri first appears in the records in 1946 and was given most often in 1975, to 1,517 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1946 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Keri has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #173, in 1976. In 2025 it ranked #7,684.

Girls
Rank in 2025#7,684
Best rank#173 (1976)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#214 in the 1970s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Keri alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Keri were born in California than in any other state: about 2,867 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Keri was given 2.4 times as often in Rhode Island, 1.9 times in Idaho and 1.9 times in Oklahoma.

California 2,867
New York 2,202
Texas 1,987
Pennsylvania 1,346
Illinois 1,259
Michigan 1,209
Ohio 1,206
Massachusetts 1,027
Florida 1,026
New Jersey 812
Georgia 776
Washington 749
Wisconsin 652
Oklahoma 632
Missouri 601
Tennessee 576
Indiana 561
Louisiana 551
Iowa 550
North Carolina 534
Minnesota 503
Alabama 470
Oregon 439
Utah 392
Virginia 384
South Carolina 376
Maryland 362
Kentucky 345
Kansas 345
Colorado 329
Arizona 324
Nebraska 320
Connecticut 311
Arkansas 292
Mississippi 291
Rhode Island 230
Idaho 201
West Virginia 151
Montana 123
Hawaii 85
New Mexico 84
New Hampshire 56
Wyoming 49
North Dakota 47
South Dakota 39
Nevada 35
Maine 31
District of Columbia 26
Delaware 11
Vermont 11
Alaska 11

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