Welsh origin
Source-reportedBorrowed from Welsh Ceri.
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: CeriCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- French Wiktionary: CeriCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
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01 / Meaning & origin
Ceri is a unisex given name documented in English, Welsh and Occitan. English Wiktionary traces it to Welsh Ceri.
Separate records with matching spellings: Çeri (Turkish)
3 source accounts
Borrowed from Welsh Ceri.
Shortening of Ceridwen.
Du latin Cyricus.
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United States, 2012: 5 girls (rank 16869). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
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1974–2025 Spelling: Ceri
Recorded category girls
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Source: National Records of Scotland · National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
No rounding stated; counts are integers (valueStatus=observed).
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | 3 | 497 | 91 | observed |
| 1976 | 4 | 450 | 128 | observed |
| 1977 | 3 | 510 | 99 | observed |
| 1978 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | 3 | 537 | 89 | observed |
| 1982 | 3 | 530 | 93 | observed |
| 1983 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | 5 | 437 | 156 | observed |
| 1985 | 3 | 565 | 92 | observed |
| 1986 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | 5 | 452 | 155 | observed |
| 1988 | 3 | 577 | 93 | observed |
| 1989 | 3 | 576 | 97 | observed |
| 1990 | 3 | 615 | 94 | observed |
| 1991 | 5 | 454 | 153 | observed |
| 1992 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | 4 | 547 | 129 | observed |
| 1994 | 6 | 431 | 198 | observed |
| 1995 | 5 | 493 | 170 | observed |
| 1996 | 3 | 611 | 104 | observed |
| 1997 | 3 | 653 | 104 | observed |
| 1998 | 3 | 664 | 108 | observed |
| 1999 | 5 | 465 | 186 | observed |
| 2000 | 6 | 416 | 232 | observed |
| 2001 | 8 | 355 | 311 | observed |
| 2002 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | 3 | 667 | 118 | observed |
| 2004 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | 3 | 687 | 114 | observed |
| 2006 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Ceri” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million use the matching published total for this region, recorded category and year; years without a compatible denominator remain gaps.
Released 2026-05-26 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · OGL-UK-3.0
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
