Is Ngozi a boy or girl name?

Ngozi is a girl’s name. Of the 538 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 95.2% were girls and 4.8% were boys.

Ngozi

Recorded 1971–2024 · United States

Ngozi was most popular in 1997, when 25 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,990 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 538 people named Ngozi.

Ngozi over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ngozi’s peak in 1997. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ngozi a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ngozi is a girl’s name — 95.2% of the 538 Americans given it were girls and 4.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 93% girls and 7% 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.

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