Nairobi
Nairobi was the 1870th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 106 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1043rd with 242 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 6,440 places. More babies were named Nairobi in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,870 girls, down 746 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 106girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2021242 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,596babies recorded
Nairobi popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 35 since 1971.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,870 | 106 |
| 2020 | #1,124 | 215 |
| 2010 | #11,972 | 9 |
| 2000 | #9,671 | 10 |
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How popular is Nairobi, counting every spelling?
Nairobi is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,627 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,870 for Nairobi on its own. Together these spellings went to 111 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nairobi | 106 | #1,870 | 892 |
| Nairoby | 5 | #16,551 | 52 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Nairobi?
106 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nairobi (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nairobi born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 79 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nairobi.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nairobi?
About 1,600 people born in the US named Nairobi are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 7. That makes Nairobi a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Nairobi by state
How common Nairobi was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (2.0×), Arizona (1.9×), Florida (1.8×), North Carolina (1.7×), Illinois (1.5×). In 33 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Nairobi: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Nairobi, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Nairobi
How popular is the name Nairobi?
Nairobi was the 1870th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 106 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1043rd with 242 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 6,440 places. More babies were named Nairobi in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Nairobi a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Nairobi in the US.
Where is Nairobi most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nairobi was most common in Georgia (0.22 per 1,000 girls), followed by Arizona and Florida.