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Nuri

#2,189 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Brightness, gleam, glow, through نُورِيّ

Nuri has been given to 1,674 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #2,189 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 217 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 70% girls, 30% boys all-time.

Babies named Nuri, 2025

1 in 39,000

Nuri over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Nuri over time

In 2025, Nuri went to 80% girls and 20% boys.

19752025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Nuri: meaning, origin, and history

Brightness, gleam, glow, through نُورِيّ

Arabic

What Nuri means

Nuri belongs to the name family reached through Nuri → نُورِيّ. Its meaning is “brightness, gleam, glow”.

Origin, language, and formation

Nuri is used in English, Albanian, Azerbaijani and Turkish. Its origins include Arabic.

Nuri comes through Arabic نُورِيّ.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include نُورِيّ.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,164 girls were recorded with the name Nuri between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 217 in 2019; its best national rank was #1,120 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,539 in 2020 to #2,189 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,401 in 2015 to #2,189 in 2025.

In the United States, 510 boys were recorded with the name Nuri between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 40 in 2020; its best national rank was #2,962 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,962 in 2020 to #4,818 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,215 in 2015 to #4,818 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Nuri?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 39,000
85 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 18,900
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,189
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
27,035 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nuri sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 27,035 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nuri. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nuris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nuri was born before 2020 — so the typical Nuri is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
51.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
92.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,164
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 51.4% of all recorded uses (598).

Is Nuri rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+293
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−650
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,212
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
4.25×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
39.2%
Peak was 2019 (217)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
52.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,120
2019

Spellings of Nuri

Nuri is not the most common spelling — Lori is, with 35.0% against Nuri's 0.12%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Nuri is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Nuri was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 4,167 girls, against 1 in 14,605 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in 33,333).

324 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maryland1 in 4,167
  2. 2Pennsylvania1 in 4,167
  3. 3Georgia1 in 5,263
  4. 4New Jersey1 in 8,333
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 12,500
  6. 6Virginia1 in 14,286
  7. 7Illinois1 in 16,667
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 16,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Nuri is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Nuri was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,036,806 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in —
  2. 2New Jersey1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nuri has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nuri around the world

Where Nuri ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2021–2025
    #3,705
    in 2025
  • France
    1940–1968
    #2,224
    in 1968

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Nuri by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,189
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 650
Best rank ever
#1,120
2019
Peak year
2019
217 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,164
Count in 2025
85

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,818
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,856
Best rank ever
#2,962
2020
Peak year
2020
40 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
510
Count in 2025
21

Names similar to Nuri

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Nuri

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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