Is Nyree a boy or girl name?

Nyree is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 1,992 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 87.5% were girls and 12.5% were boys. It changed hands in 2022, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Nyree

Recorded 1970–2025 · United States

Nyree was most popular in 1973, when 157 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,441 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,844, with 25 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,992 people named Nyree.

Nyree over time

Births per year. The dot marks Nyree’s peak in 1973. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Nyree a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Nyree is mostly a girl’s name — 87.5% of the 1,992 Americans given it were girls and 12.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2022 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 65% girls and 35% 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 Nyree

Where Nyree 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