Nagi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NAH-gee
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Nagi is a boys' name of Japanese origin, meaning “calm, lull at sea”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Nagi mean?
Japanese
“calm, lull at sea”
Often written with a kanji meaning the calm at sea when wind and waves die down.
Is Nagi a girl's or a boy's name?
Nagi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nagi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Nagi, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Nagi in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nagi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
Names like Nagi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avi Navi Aarav Rishi Bodhi Armani Ravi Kavi Krishiv Vihaan Javi Avyaan
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nagi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nagi, updated 20 October 2026.