Geri
Meaning
“A mid-20th-century nickname form of Geraldine or Gerald, Germanic, spear plus rule.”
Popularity, 1890–2024
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
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.
The Geri deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Geri truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Geri fits with your family’s names and surname.
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