Girls' name · since 1971
Zuri
Zuri has 16,844 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,183 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #329 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,844
- born since 1971
- 2020s
- peak decade
16,844 babies have been named Zuri since 1971, making it today's #329 girls' name.
Zuri has 16,844 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #329 as of the latest data, more common than 98% 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 1971 to 2025.
- #1,183 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #329 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16,844 born since 1971
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zuri ranks #1,183 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #329 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16,844 born since 1971, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,183 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #329 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,844
- born since 1971
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zuri's 16,844 recorded births place it above 98.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
44 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Zuri compares
16,844 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Zuri's all-time total is 45x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zuri | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16,844 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,523 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zuri's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zuri's full recorded timeline at 2001, 95% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 5% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 1,523 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zuri popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 1,523
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Zuri popularity over time - boys
770 total births recorded since 1973 (Zuri as boys' name)
Zuri by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (7,795 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Zuri's strongest decade.
7,795 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Zuri births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 56
1970s
56 births
- 1980s 208
1980s
208 births
- 1990s 522
1990s
522 births
- 2000s 1,239
2000s
1,239 births
- 2010s
2010s
7,024 births
- 2020s
2020s
7,795 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 7,795 births (46% of all-time use).
How Zuri 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 Zuri's total volume
Zuri by state
Where Zuri concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,446 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 1,327 | 7.9% |
| #3 | California | | 1,291 | 7.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,199 | 7.1% |
| #5 | New York | | 1,124 | 6.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 803 | 4.8% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 743 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 609 | 3.6% |
1,446 of 16,844 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Zuri appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Zuris (1,446 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zuri: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
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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, 1971–2025 (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 Zuri 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.