Swahili Names
Names documented in Swahili include local vocabulary names and names shared with Arabic and other naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1970. | 512#579 | Down 57 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1951. | 403#702 | Down 207 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971. | 932#329 | Down 94 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1969. | 419#678 | Down 19 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971. | 172#1,189 | Down 247 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1980. | 114#1,528 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1973. | 168#1,333 | Up 547 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1968. | 78#2,344 | Up 358 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1931. | 18#5,263 | Down 2,044 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1990. | 82#2,253 | Up 268 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Swahili-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1973. | 8#9,579 | Up 2,233 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972. | 31#4,522 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1991. | 21#5,784 | Up 1,542 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1976. | 10#8,168 | Down 2,226 rank positions in five years | 1977 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971. | 8#11,362 | Down 3,199 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971. | 24#4,262 | Up 1,471 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972. | —Unranked | — | 1995 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1998. | 12#8,846 | Down 3,004 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1995. | 16#7,068 | Up 7,675 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1973. | 11#7,403 | new | 1980 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1973. | —Unranked | — | 1976 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1975. | —Unranked | — | 1978 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1977. | —Unranked | — | 1977 | ||
Recorded in Swahili; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1975. | —Unranked | — | 1975 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.