Kiri
Girl · KEE-ree · Maori
Kiri is a girls' name of Maori origin, meaning “skin, tree bark”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Kiri mean?
Maori: Maori kiri
“skin, tree bark”
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, the New Zealand soprano, made the Maori name widely known.
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Is Kiri a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kiri in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Kiri, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 27 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kiri in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Kiri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,317 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 19 | #1,137 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,505 |
| 1997 | 27 | #895 |
| 1996 | 23 | #958 |
How popular is Kiri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Kiri, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 60 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
2025 had more girls named Kiri than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Kiri in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kiri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 38 | #3,031 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,039 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 52 | #2,097 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,469 |
| 1985 | 46 | #2,221 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,788 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
Names like Kiri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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