Nyrie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NY-ree
- Origin
- Maori
Nyrie is a girls' name of Maori origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nyrie mean?
Maori: spelling of Nyree; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Nyree.
Is Nyrie a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyrie is a girls' name.
How popular is Nyrie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Nyrie in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nyrie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Nyrie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee, Ellie, Teagan, Callie, Maisie, Rynlee, Brylee, Brielle, Sadie, Evie, Finley, Hallie
Names related to Nyrie
More Maori names
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, “Nyrie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nyrie, updated 20 October 2026.