Girl · Irish place name
Keri
Say it: KAIR-ee
Meaning
A spelling of Kerry, from the Irish county Ciarraí 'the people of Ciar', or of Carrie.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Peaked in the US in the 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 32,320 babies given this name since 1946
- At its height in 1975, about 1 in 971 girls
- 15 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kerri, Kerry, Kerrie
Famous bearers
- Keri Russell, American actress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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