Njeri — girls' name
293 babies named Njeri in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Njeri was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Njeri in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Njeri
The Social Security Administration has registered 293 babies named Njeri between 1971 and 2022, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Njeri currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Njeri performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Njeri shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by District of Columbia. In total, SSA state-level files list Njeri in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Njeri 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 293 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.
Njeri at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Njeri popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1971
- Peak year (1971)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
293 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 17 births in a single year.
Njeri by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 105 births that decade — 36% of Njeri's all-time total
Njeri decade highlights
- Peak decade 105 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Njeri's strongest decade
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Njeri by state
Where Njeri concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 25 | 8.5% |
| #2 | District of Columbia | | 6 | 2.0% |
25 of 293 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 8.5% of nationwide
- District of Columbia 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 8.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.