Nairobi
Nairobi is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 139 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1390.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2021242 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1983
- 1,490people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,455 girls have been named Nairobi in the United States since 1983, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 242 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2021, and the 2020s alone account for 69%.
It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 35 boys have also been given it, 2.3% of the total.
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
Nairobi was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Nairobi
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jreampeak 2024
- Kollynspeak 2023
- Aylanipeak 2024
- Ailanypeak 2024
- Kailanypeak 2024
- Amourapeak 2024
- Oaklynnpeak 2024
- Alitzelpeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.