girls:
2.6k births since 1950
#3402 (40th percentile)
boys:
192 births since 2001
#4394 (4th percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1950
#5125 (34th percentile)
The name Nori is the #5,125 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,773 recorded births since 1950. This represents the 33.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 33.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,402 (40.5% percentile) for all time with 2,581 births since 1950. For boys, it ranks #4,394 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 192 births since 2001.
Nori first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1950 (1950 for girls and 2001 for boys). Birth data for Nori is available in 66 out of the 74 years between 1950 and 2023 (66 years for girls and 12 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 Nori has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 92.5% of babies named Nori were girls.
For girls, Nori reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 29.9% percentile (ranked #664) with 169 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 169 births per million (ranked 29.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Nori is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #664 (29.9% percentile) with 169 births per million.
For boys, Nori reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #876) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Nori ranks #892 for boys (2.1% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 80.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nori".
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