Is Neri a boy or girl name?

Neri is a unisex name. Of the 878 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 26.0% were girls and 74.0% were boys.

Neri

Recorded 1952–2025 · United States

Neri was most popular in 2007, when 93 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,734 that year. In 2025 it ranked #13,540, with 13 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 878 people named Neri.

Neri over time

Births per year. The dot marks Neri’s peak in 2007. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Neri a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Neri is a unisex name — 26.0% of the 878 Americans given it were girls and 74.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 43% girls and 57% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Neri

Where Neri is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 7.2×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org