# Keri (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/keri/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 32,386 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 325 / 32,061 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 252, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 75 | 2,446 |
| 2012 | 48 | 3,402 |
| 2013 | 37 | 4,046 |
| 2014 | 40 | 3,814 |
| 2015 | 40 | 3,812 |
| 2016 | 39 | 3,892 |
| 2017 | 36 | 4,112 |
| 2018 | 25 | 5,245 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,542 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,401 |
| 2021 | 13 | 8,275 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,850 |
| 2023 | 18 | 6,547 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,807 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,686 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 10 | 4,020 |
| 1984 | 19 | 2,579 |
| 1985 | 17 | 2,895 |
| 1986 | 12 | 3,772 |
| 1987 | 9 | 4,766 |
| 1988 | 11 | 4,323 |
| 1989 | 11 | 4,678 |
| 1990 | 8 | 6,148 |
| 1991 | 15 | 3,929 |
| 1992 | 8 | 6,418 |
| 1993 | 7 | 7,227 |
| 1994 | 8 | 6,704 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,534 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,897 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,470 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 37 | 643 |
| 1997 | 36 | 672 |
| 1998 | 31 | 737 |
| 1999 | 31 | 736 |
| 2000 | 20 | 1,033 |
| 2001 | 14 | 1,359 |
| 2002 | 22 | 998 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,727 |
| 2004 | 11 | 1,836 |
| 2005 | 10 | 2,084 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2007 | 10 | 2,233 |
| 2008 | 10 | 2,292 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |

## People named Keri

- Keri Hilson, American R&B singer
- Keri Russell, American actress
- Keri Sable, American pornographic actress
- Keri Kelli, American guitarist
- Keri Windsor, American pornographic film actress
- Keri-Lynn Wilson, Canadian conductor
- Keri Herman, American freestyle skier
- Keri Smith, Canadian writer
- Reagan Foxx, American pornographic actress

## 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.