Keri

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Keri: Recorded since 1987, it reached #191 in 2001, and it was last ranked in 2013.

3registrars recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#191highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2010

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#643
1997	#672
1998	#737
1999	#736
2000	#1033
2001	#1359
2002	#998
2003	#2727
2004	#1836
2005	#2084
2006	#2781
2007	#2233
2008	#2292
2009	#4564
2010	#5707

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 Republic of Ireland in 16 of the 27 years from 1987 to 2013.

In 2007: #705 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2233 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1987–2013 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1987
First recorded at #488 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1987 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2006
Highest recorded position: #191 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 1997–2006).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #894 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2013.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Keri appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 1987, and has registered 99 births with the name.

Keri across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Keri's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#488 (1987)	#238 (2001)	#894 (2013)	16 of 27	99 (1987–2013)	14 (2001)
England and Wales · Girls	#643 (1996)	#643 (1996)	#5707 (2010)	15 of 15	252 (1996–2010)	37 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#191 (2001)	#384 (2006)	8 of 10	36 (1997–2006)	8 (2001)

Keri by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Keri in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	10	2 of 10	5
1990s	25	5 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	61	8 of 10	8
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Keri 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 1987 to 2013. Highest recorded position: #191 in Northern Ireland in 2001.

Keri'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
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#998	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1359	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1033	20	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#736	31	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#737	31	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#672	36	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#643	37	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#191	8	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	11	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	14	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	9	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	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 1987 and 2013, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #191, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 37 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 10 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.

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.

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Kerri · #104, 39y

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.

Rome · #191, 22y
Eire · #192, 21y
Pearce · #190, 24y
Riain · #190, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Caomhan · #192, 20y
Dayna · #192, 34y
Ned · #193, 31y
Pol · #189, 12y

Keri was ranked #191 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2001. 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.

Keri 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 Keri without appearing here.

Keri moved ahead of

Tania Compare
In 2000 they stood at #515 and #423 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #238 and #498.
Debra Compare
In 1996 they stood at #515 and #515 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1997 that had become #363 and #576.
Tracey Compare
In 2003 they stood at #490 and #490 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #414 and #576.
Audrey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #587 and #461 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #705 and #842.

Moved ahead of Keri

Luca Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2292 and #2721 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2019.
Shea Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2292 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2148.
Kari Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2292 and #4524 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #3533.
Kristin Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2292 and #2721 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #5707 and #3533.

Moved the opposite way to Keri

Abigail Compare
Between 1987 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keri went from #488 to #894 while Abigail went from #417 to #54.
Aimee Compare
Between 1987 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keri went from #488 to #894 while Aimee went from #147 to #84.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1987 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keri went from #488 to #894 while Alexandra went from #310 to #90.
Alice Compare
Between 1987 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keri went from #488 to #894 while Alice went from #116 to #52.

Moved the same way as Keri

Alma Compare
Between 1987 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keri went from #488 to #894 and Alma from #242 to #660.
Andrea Compare
Between 1987 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keri went from #488 to #894 and Andrea from #84 to #185.
Angela Compare
Between 1987 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keri went from #488 to #894 and Angela from #116 to #399.
Barbara Compare
Between 1987 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keri went from #488 to #894 and Barbara from #164 to #747.

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 1987 to 2013. Highest recorded position: #191 in Northern Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Keri

Keri at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Keri across 3 official records

Keri by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Keri appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Keri at a glance

Keri across 3 official records

Keri by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Keri appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Keri

Keri and the names beside it

Keri moved ahead of

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