girls:
103 births since 2015
#5613 (2nd percentile)
boys:
45 births since 2006
#4541 (1st percentile)
overall:
148 births since 2006
#7591 (2nd percentile)
The name Nouri is the #7,591 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 148 recorded births since 2006. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,613 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 103 births since 2015. For boys, it ranks #4,541 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 45 births since 2006.
Nouri first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2006 (2006 for boys and 2015 for girls). Birth data for Nouri is available in 11 out of the 18 years between 2006 and 2023. 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 Nouri has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (69.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 80.6% of babies named Nouri were girls. Interestingly, until around 2017, the name was more popular for boys (75.0% boys from 2006 to 2016), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (78.2% girls from 2017 to 2023).
For girls, Nouri reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #927) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Nouri is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #927 (2.1% percentile) with 14 births per million.
For boys, Nouri reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #919) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Nouri ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 94.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nouri".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Nouri. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.6% confident that Nouri is pronounced as NUE-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NOO-ree, at 45.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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