Geri comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Spear ruler or spear bearer..
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How popular is Geri?
1958peak year
Today, Geri is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #15072), with only about 6 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1958, 368 babies were given the name (ranked #500 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1960s. In all, around 8,026 babies have been registered as Geri since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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