Nori — #1013 US unisex name
2,833 babies named Nori in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 94% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Nori was born in this single decade.
296 babies were named Nori in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nori
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,833 babies named Nori between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nori currently holds the #1013 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 296 babies received it in a single year. Nori is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 213 additional births since 2001.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nori performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,287 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Nori shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 168 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Nori in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nori 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 2,833 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.
Nori at a glance
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Current rank
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Nori popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1950
- Peak year (2023)
- 296
- Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
Currently ranks #1013 among girls.
2,833 total births across 75 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 296 births in a single year.
Nori popularity over time — boys
213 total births recorded since 2001 (Nori as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Nori accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Nori by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 1,287 births that decade — 45% of Nori's all-time total
Nori decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,287 births
- Runner-up 1,040 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Nori's strongest decade
1,287 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Nori by state
Where Nori concentrates geographically — total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 168 | 5.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 168 | 5.9% |
| #3 | California | | 167 | 5.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 160 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 142 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 125 | 4.4% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 121 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 106 | 3.7% |
168 of 2,833 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 5.9% of nationwide
- Texas 5.9% of nationwide
- California 5.9% of nationwide
- New York 5.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Nori appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1950–2024 (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.