Girls' name · since 1983
Nami
Nami has 1,172 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,729 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,404 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,172
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nami currently ranks #1404 among girls' names in America, with 1,172 babies recorded since 1983.
Social Security Administration records show Nami recorded 1,172 times among girls since 1983, holding rank #1404 nationally today, ahead of 92% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #6,729 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,404 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,172 born since 1983
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nami ranks #6,729 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,404 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,172 born since 1983, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,729 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,404 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,172
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nami's 1,172 recorded births place it above 90.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Nami compares
1,172 Top 30% higher than 70% 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
Nami's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nami | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,172 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 156 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nami's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nami splits its recorded history at 2008: 89% of all births land in the more recent half, 11% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 156 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nami popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 156
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Nami popularity over time - boys
13 total births recorded since 2023 (Nami as boys' name)
Nami by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (710 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Nami's strongest decade.
710 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Nami births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s 42
1990s
42 births
- 2000s 104
2000s
104 births
- 2010s
2010s
296 births
- 2020s
2020s
710 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 710 births (61% of all-time use).
How Nami 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 Nami's total volume
Nami by state
Where Nami concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 170 | 14.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 87 | 7.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 44 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 41 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 29 | 2.5% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 19 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 18 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 15 | 1.3% |
170 of 1,172 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Nami appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Namis (170 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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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 Nami 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.