girls:
1k births since 1989
#4713 (18th percentile)
boys:
466 births since 1975
#4120 (10th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1975
#6276 (19th percentile)
The name Nuri is the #6,276 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,469 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 18.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,713 (17.5% percentile) for all time with 1,003 births since 1989. For boys, it ranks #4,120 (10.1% percentile) for all time with 466 births since 1975.
Nuri first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for boys and 1989 for girls). Birth data for Nuri is available in 40 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 (34 years for boys and 31 years for girls). 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 Nuri has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (68.3% of all recorded births). In 2023, 71.6% of babies named Nuri were girls. Interestingly, until around 1989, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1975 to 1988), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (69.9% girls from 1989 to 2023).
For girls, Nuri reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 22.4% percentile (ranked #734) with 118 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 118 births per million (ranked 22.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Nuri ranks #874 for girls (7.7% percentile) with 45 births per million, which is 37.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Nuri reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #866) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 22 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1999, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Nuri ranks #885 for boys (2.9% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 78.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nuri".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Nuri. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.5% confident that Nuri is pronounced as NOO-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NUE-ree, at 9.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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