Geri

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Geri: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

3registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
15years from first to last
#351highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2011

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1287
1998	#1319
1999	#1393
2000	#1688
2001	#3262
2002	#2868
2004	#4598
2011	#5785

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 8 of the 15 years from 1997 to 2011.

In 2001: #606 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3262 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1997–2011 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1287 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #5785 among girls in England and Wales, in 2011.
England and Wales · Girls

Geri by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Geri in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	41	3 of 10	14
2000s	22	4 of 10	6
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Geri appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1997 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #351 in Northern Ireland in 1998.

Geri's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1393	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1287	14	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1997 and 2011, ranked in 8 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #351, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 4 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,785position in 2011, its most recent recorded year
4 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 3 to 5 years →
14births registered in its largest year, 1997Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Gergana · #3214, 10y
Gerhard · #204, 34y
Gerrard · #181, 37y
Gerry · #237, 43y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aislin · #351, 12y
Tessie · #350, 8y
Caedan · #358, 7y
Lejla · #358, 13y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adley · #351, 19y
Aislin · #351, 12y
Daniyal · #351, 29y
Elspeth · #351, 29y

Geri was ranked #351 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Geri and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Geri without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Geri

Kristine Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1688 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #2278.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1688 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3262 and #1107.
Janice Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2868 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #2530.
Lynette Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2868 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #2530.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1997 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #351 in Northern Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Geri

Geri at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Geri by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Geri appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Geri

Geri and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Geri

Geri at a glance

Geri by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Geri appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Geri

Geri and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Geri