Njeri
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Njeri is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Njeri come from?
Kikuyu name from Kenya
Is Njeri a girl's or a boy's name?
Njeri is a girls' name.
How popular is Njeri in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1971, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Njeri in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Njeri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,650 |
Names like Njeri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuri Kori Tori Rikki Yumi Nyori Suki Kaori Kami Dakota Mika Miri
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, “Njeri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/njeri, updated 20 October 2026.