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Geri

girl name
Origin
Modern American
Syllables
2
Peak era
1950s/1960s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

“A mid-20th-century nickname form of Geraldine or Gerald, Germanic, spear plus rule.”

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1950s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Geri peaked in the 1950s and the 1960s in nearly equal measure.

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Popularity in Brazil

366 people · the #16,577 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 500,000 · median age 46

1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s

Among people named Geri living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Geri

Most people given the name Geri in the United States were born between 1950 and 1979. The Geri you meet today is most often in her 50s or 60s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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