girls:
871 births since 1983
#4845 (15th percentile)
boys:
7 births since 2023
#4579 (0th percentile)
overall:
878 births since 1983
#6861 (11th percentile)
The name Nami is the #6,861 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 878 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 11.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,845 (15.2% percentile) for all time with 871 births since 1983. For boys, it ranks #4,579 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 2023.
Nami first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (1983 for girls and 2023 for boys). Birth data for Nami is available in 33 out of the 41 years between 1983 and 2023 (33 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Nami has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.2% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Nami reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 14.0% percentile (ranked #815) with 78 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 78 births per million (ranked 14.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Nami is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #815 (14.0% percentile) with 78 births per million.
For boys, Nami reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #909) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Currently, Nami is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #909 (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nami".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Nami is pronounced as NAH-mee, which has 2 syllables.
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