Girls' name · since 1983
Nairobi
Nairobi has 1,561 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,550 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,870 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,561
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,561 babies have been named Nairobi since 1983, making it today's #1870 girls' name.
Nairobi has 1,561 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1870 as of the latest data, more common than 89% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #5,550 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,870 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,561 born since 1983
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nairobi ranks #5,550 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,870 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,561 born since 1983, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,550 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,870 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,561
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nairobi's 1,561 recorded births place it above 92.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
21 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Nairobi compares
1,561 Top 26% higher than 74% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nairobi's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nairobi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,561 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 242 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nairobi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nairobi's full recorded timeline at 2007, 88% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 12% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 242 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nairobi popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 242
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Nairobi popularity over time - boys
35 total births recorded since 1971 (Nairobi as boys' name)
Nairobi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,107 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Nairobi's strongest decade.
1,107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Nairobi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 30
1980s
30 births
- 1990s 75
1990s
75 births
- 2000s 127
2000s
127 births
- 2010s 222
2010s
222 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,107 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,107 births (71% of all-time use).
How Nairobi compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Nairobi's total volume
Nairobi by state
Where Nairobi concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 177 | 11.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 158 | 10.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 97 | 6.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 96 | 6.1% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 57 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 53 | 3.4% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 49 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 37 | 2.4% |
177 of 1,561 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Nairobi appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Nairobis (177 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nairobi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1983–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nairobi draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.