Nairobi — #1533 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nairobi

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,455 babies named Nairobi between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nairobi currently holds the #1533 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 242 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nairobi performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,001 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nairobi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 164 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Nairobi in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nairobi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,455 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.