# Ceri (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ceri/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 79 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 79 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 828, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Ceri.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 5 | 5,669 |
| 1965 | 5 | 6,656 |
| 1969 | 7 | 6,049 |
| 1974 | 6 | 7,827 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,503 |
| 1978 | 5 | 9,966 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9,312 |
| 1985 | 5 | 10,921 |
| 1986 | 7 | 8,668 |
| 1989 | 5 | 12,707 |
| 1994 | 5 | 13,804 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14,550 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12,654 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,421 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 63 | 480 |
| 2003 | 33 | 799 |
| 2004 | 34 | 804 |
| 2005 | 31 | 890 |
| 2006 | 23 | 1,153 |
| 2007 | 34 | 899 |
| 2008 | 18 | 1,516 |
| 2009 | 14 | 1,837 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2,235 |
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 12 | 1,104 |
| 1997 | 18 | 845 |
| 1998 | 6 | 1,821 |
| 1999 | 10 | 1,281 |
| 2000 | 6 | 1,889 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1,949 |
| 2002 | 7 | 1,799 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 8 | 1,878 |
| 2005 | 8 | 1,991 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,282 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.