Zuri
Girl · ZOO-ree · Swahili
Zuri is a girls' name of Swahili origin, meaning “good, beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 643rd for girls in the UK (64 babies) and 328th for girls in the US (932 babies).
What does Zuri mean?
Swahili
“good, beautiful”
In Swahili -zuri is a word stem meaning good or beautiful, heard in the everyday reply nzuri, fine.
- Say it
- ZOO-ree
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Is Zuri a girl's or a boy's name?
Zuri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 girls in the UK and 932 girls and 17 boys in the US.
How popular is Zuri in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #643among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 64about 1 in 4,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 64 girls in the UK were named Zuri, making it the 643rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 570th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 93 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zuri in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 634th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Zuri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #643 |
| 2024 | 61 | #677 |
| 2023 | 85 | #511 |
| 2022 | 83 | #521 |
| 2021 | 93 | #498 |
| 2020 | 76 | #570 |
| 2019 | 37 | #1,025 |
| 2018 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 2016 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
How popular is Zuri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #328among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 932about 1 in 1,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 932 girls in the US were named Zuri, making it the 328th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 235th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 1,523 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971. 17 boys were also named Zuri in 2025 (5,397th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Zuri than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Zuri in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 98% of the babies named Zuri in the US were girls.
Zuri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 932 | #328 |
| 2024 | 1,148 | #275 |
| 2023 | 1,481 | #203 |
| 2022 | 1,523 | #194 |
| 2021 | 1,443 | #207 |
| 2020 | 1,268 | #235 |
| 2019 | 1,183 | #278 |
| 2018 | 1,132 | #291 |
| 2017 | 855 | #364 |
| 2016 | 893 | #364 |
| 2015 | 714 | #443 |
| 2014 | 667 | #474 |
| 2013 | 570 | #524 |
| 2012 | 438 | #649 |
| 2011 | 313 | #842 |
| 2010 | 259 | #979 |
| 2009 | 238 | #1,073 |
| 2008 | 238 | #1,090 |
| 2007 | 213 | #1,189 |
| 2006 | 160 | #1,415 |
| 2005 | 69 | #2,499 |
| 2004 | 62 | #2,648 |
| 2003 | 79 | #2,184 |
| 2002 | 81 | #2,097 |
| 2001 | 56 | #2,659 |
| 2000 | 43 | #3,165 |
| 1999 | 61 | #2,402 |
| 1998 | 57 | #2,426 |
| 1997 | 52 | #2,478 |
| 1996 | 48 | #2,587 |
| 1995 | 50 | #2,511 |
| 1994 | 49 | #2,536 |
| 1993 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,346 |
| 1991 | 55 | #2,314 |
| 1990 | 42 | #2,732 |
| 1989 | 59 | #2,091 |
| 1988 | 52 | #2,182 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 43 | #2,343 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Zuri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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