Nur
Nur was the 4247th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 3172nd with 52 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 5,100 places. More babies were named Nur in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,247 girls, up 378 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 34girls
- Girls and boys
- 78% girls, 22% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202352 babies
- Total since 1880
- 863babies recorded
Nur popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,247 | #5,776 | 34 | 16 |
| 2020 | #4,625 | #10,291 | 29 | 7 |
| 2010 | #12,008 | #13,712 | 9 | 5 |
| 2000 | #7,062 | — | 15 | — |
| 1990 | #7,175 | — | 12 | — |
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How popular is Nur, counting every spelling?
Nur has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Nur?
34 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nur (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nur 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 247 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nur.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nur?
About 600 people born in the US named Nur are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 5 and 26. That makes Nur 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.
Nur by state
How common Nur was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (2.2×). In 48 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
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Questions about the name Nur
How popular is the name Nur?
Nur was the 4247th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 3172nd with 52 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 5,100 places. More babies were named Nur in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Nur a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 78% girls, 22% boys given the name Nur in the US.
Where is Nur most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nur was most common in New York (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Pennsylvania and California.