Nairobi

girls:

1.3k births since 1983

#4408 (23rd percentile)

boys:

35 births since 1971

#4551 (1st percentile)

overall:

1.4k births since 1971

#6392 (17th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nairobi".

1971 2023 19712023

Key Statistics

Total Births
1,316
Peak Births
242
Peak Year
2021
First Recorded
1983
Peak Percentile
25.0%
Current Percentile
17.7%
Peak Rank
#702
Current Rank
#780
Female statistics
Total Births
35
Peak Births
9
Peak Year
1999
First Recorded
1971
Peak Percentile
0.5%
Current Percentile
0.0%
Peak Rank
#655
Current Rank
#911
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Nairobi

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Nairobi. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 67.3% confident that Nairobi is pronounced as nai-ROH-bee. The next most likely pronunciation is NAI-ROH-bee, at 16.3% confidence.

nai-ROH-bee (3 syllables)
Verified
67.3% confidence
N AY0 R OW1 B IY0
NAI-ROH-bee (3 syllables)
Verified
16.3% confidence
N AY1 R OW1 B IY0
nuh-ROH-bee (3 syllables)
8.2% confidence
N AH0 R OW1 B IY0
NAI-roh-bee (3 syllables)
8.2% confidence
N AY1 R OW0 B IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Nairobi. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Nairobi, please vote using the thumbs up button.

nai-OH-bee (3 syllables)
3 names 227 births
N AY0 OW1 B IY0

Names with this pronunciation:

NAI-oh-bee (3 syllables)
3 names 227 births
N AY1 OW0 B IY0

Names with this pronunciation:

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like N AY0 R OW1 B IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.