Nairobi
#5,183 most common girls' name of all time · #8,781 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1971–2025
Rank among girls
#5,183
Rank overall
#8,781 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
1,596
Since 2016
1,259
Peak year
2021 #1,044
Best rank
#1,044 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 242/yr
Nairobi first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,869 |
| 2024 | 139 | — | 139 | #1,539 |
| 2023 | 172 | 5 | 177 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 233 | — | 233 | #1,079 |
| 2021 | 242 | — | 242 | #1,044 |
| 2020 | 215 | — | 215 | #1,122 |
| 2019 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,667 |
| 2018 | 37 | — | 37 | #3,952 |
| 2017 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,402 |
| 2016 | 21 | — | 21 | #6,050 |
| 2015 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,146 |
| 2014 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,089 |
| 2013 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,775 |
| 2012 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,567 |
| 2011 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,443 |
| 2010 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,488 |
| 2009 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,915 |
| 2008 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,854 |
| 2007 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,910 |
| 2006 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,470 |
| 2005 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,637 |
| 2004 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,889 |
| 2003 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,699 |
| 2002 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #10,498 |
| 2001 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,598 |
| 2000 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,431 |
| 1999 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #7,931 |
| 1998 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,879 |
| 1997 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,572 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,837 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,852 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,952 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,057 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,747 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,841 |
| 1984 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,444 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,122 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | — |