Nuri
Mostly girls · Arabic
Nuri is a name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,173rd for girls in the US (85 babies).
What does Nuri mean?
Arabic
A male given name from Arabic.
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Is Nuri a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Nuri has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 85 girls and 21 boys in the US.
How popular is Nuri in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Nuri, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Nuri of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Nuri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Nuri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,173among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 85about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were named Nuri, making it the 2,173rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,533rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 217 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989. 21 boys were also named Nuri in 2025 (4,706th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Nuri in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 52% of the babies named Nuri in the US in 2014, and 80% in 2025.
Nuri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | #2,173 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,462 |
| 2023 | 79 | #2,314 |
| 2022 | 113 | #1,807 |
| 2021 | 110 | #1,830 |
| 2020 | 138 | #1,533 |
| 2019 | 217 | #1,119 |
| 2018 | 83 | #2,217 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
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