Nairobi
Girl · ny-ROH-bee
Nairobi is a girls' name, meaning “cool water”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,867th for girls in the US (106 babies).
What does Nairobi mean?
Capital of Kenya; a Maasai (Maa) place name
“cool water”
Kenya's capital is named from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, 'cool water'; it is also a character in Money Heist.
- Say it
- ny-ROH-bee
Is Nairobi a girl's or a boy's name?
Nairobi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 106 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nairobi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Nairobi, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 8 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Nairobi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
How popular is Nairobi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,867among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 106about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 106 girls in the US were named Nairobi, making it the 1,867th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,120th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 242 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Nairobi than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Nairobi in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 124 girls in the US were given Nairobi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,458, up from #1,867 for this spelling alone.
- Nairobi 106
- Nyrobi 13
- Nairoby 5
Nairobi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 106 | #1,867 |
| 2024 | 139 | #1,536 |
| 2023 | 172 | #1,319 |
| 2022 | 233 | #1,077 |
| 2021 | 242 | #1,042 |
| 2020 | 215 | #1,120 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,651 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Nairobi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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