Nyree

Q: What does Nyree mean?

Nyree is a girls' name of Maori origin, anglicized spelling of the New Zealand name Ngaire. New Zealand actress Nyree Dawn Porter, star of The Forsyte Saga (1967), made it known in Britain.

Gender: Girl
Say it: NY-ree
Origin: Maori
US rank, 2025: #6,545 for girls

Nyree is a girls' name of Maori origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).

What does Nyree mean?

Maori: anglicized spelling of the New Zealand name Ngaire

New Zealand actress Nyree Dawn Porter, star of The Forsyte Saga (1967), made it known in Britain.

Is Nyree a girl's or a boy's name?

Nyree is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls and 8 boys in the US.

How popular is Nyree in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 12 girls.

Half of all the girls named Nyree in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 12 in 20092023

Nyree in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2023	5	#4,251
2022	5	#4,168
2021	3	#5,824
2020	4	#4,744
2019	7	#3,340
2018	0	–
2017	4	#4,967
2016	4	#4,980
2015	6	#3,777
2014	5	#4,187
2013	4	#4,953
2012	9	#2,887
2011	4	#4,980
2010	8	#2,992
2009	12	#2,153
2008	1	#7,383
2007	2	#6,929
2006	6	#3,280
2005	6	#3,133
2004	6	#2,957
2003	9	#2,109
2002	4	#3,556
2001	7	#2,341
2000	3	#4,074
1999	1	#5,182
1998	6	#2,535
1997	7	#2,281
1996	11	#1,621

How popular is Nyree in the US?

Rank in 2025: #6,545among girls
Babies in 2025: 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steadydown 20% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Nyree, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 1973, with 157 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970. 8 boys were also named Nyree in 2025 (8,906th for boys).

Half of all the girls named Nyree in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

Girls were 78% of the babies named Nyree in the US in 1995, and 54% in 2023.

1970Busiest: 157 in 19732025

Nyree in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	17	#6,545
2024	13	#7,962
2023	21	#5,747
2022	17	#6,702
2021	17	#6,686
2020	21	#5,663
2019	22	#5,608
2018	21	#5,781
2017	20	#6,040
2016	8	#11,776
2015	23	#5,651
2014	28	#4,890
2013	29	#4,753
2012	29	#4,834
2011	24	#5,541
2010	38	#3,960
2009	35	#4,268
2008	36	#4,267
2007	31	#4,674
2006	45	#3,504
2005	40	#3,642
2004	36	#3,894
2003	32	#4,105
2002	38	#3,519
2001	37	#3,545
2000	31	#3,978
1999	37	#3,371
1998	31	#3,727
1997	35	#3,299
1996	51	#2,472
1995	29	#3,665
1994	29	#3,699
1993	25	#4,095
1992	21	#4,679
1991	15	#5,943
1990	16	#5,544
1989	11	#6,949
1988	18	#4,648
1987	8	#7,982
1986	14	#5,185
1985	14	#5,075
1984	9	#6,808
1983	13	#5,147
1982	17	#4,346
1981	17	#4,343
1980	26	#3,215
1979	22	#3,541
1978	30	#2,741
1977	34	#2,515
1976	54	#1,747
1975	139	#926
1974	119	#1,008
1973	157	#833
1972	26	#2,680
1971	7	#6,617
1970	10	#5,060

Names like Nyree

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Keira Caoimhe Eden Bree Kiara Cassidy Caitlin Teagan Niamh Erin Raegan Ffion

Names related to Nyree

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Nyree: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nyree, updated 20 October 2026.