Is Nuri a boy or girl name?

Nuri is a unisex name. Of the 1,674 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 69.5% were girls and 30.5% were boys. It changed hands in 2014, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Nuri

Recorded 1975–2025 · United States

Nuri was most popular in 2019, when 239 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,961 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,405, with 106 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,674 people named Nuri.

Nuri over time

Births per year. The dot marks Nuri’s peak in 2019. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Nuri a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Nuri is a unisex name — 69.5% of the 1,674 Americans given it were girls and 30.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2014 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 78% girls and 22% 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 Nuri

Where Nuri is most concentrated

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

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