Nami
#1,396 for girls in 2025, 156 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to girls 98.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 156 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,172since 1983
Nami over time
Rank among girls' names. Nami has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,396 | 156 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,497 | 145 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #1,548 | 137 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #1,856 | 109 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,103 | 90 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,394 | 73 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,499 | 44 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,293 | 48 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,919 | 38 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,083 | 36 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,725 | 29 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | — | |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | — | |
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| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
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| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
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| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
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| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
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| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nami! It came in at #8,047, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1984–1986, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Nami is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#136 · 1 in 358
- Indiana#721 · 1 in 3,489
- Virginia#936 · 1 in 4,820
- New York#1,028 · 1 in 5,595
- California#1,149 · 1 in 7,351
Best ever in a state: #136 in Hawaii, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #136 | 6 | 1 in 358 |
| Indiana | #721 | 8 | 1 in 3,489 |
| Virginia | #936 | 7 | 1 in 4,820 |
| New York | #1,028 | 14 | 1 in 5,595 |
| California | #1,149 | 22 | 1 in 7,351 |
| New Jersey | #1,168 | 5 | 1 in 7,100 |
| Georgia | #1,213 | 7 | 1 in 6,458 |
| Illinois | #1,240 | 6 | 1 in 7,388 |
| Texas | #1,460 | 16 | 1 in 10,034 |
| Florida | #1,545 | 8 | 1 in 10,845 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nami
- 101 spots since 2024 (#1,497 → #1,396)
- 998 spots since 2020 (#2,394 → #1,396)
- 3,329 spots since 2015 (#4,725 → #1,396)
- Debuted 1983
- Peaked 2025 at #1,396 (156 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,303 girls born in 2025 were named Nami (0.01%)
- 60.6% of all girls named Nami (710) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 20 | #8,047 (1983) | #9,224 |
| 1990s | 42 | #9,479 (1999) | #12,196 |
| 2000s | 104 | #6,799 (2008) | #9,605 |
| 2010s | 296 | #3,293 (2018) | #5,187 |
| 2020s | 710 | #1,396 (2025) | #1,799 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nami in 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 10,303 of them was named Nami, which outranked 91.9% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
- #1,388Jael157
- #1,388Jersey157
- #1,388Noel157
- #1,396Nami156
- #1,396Ayesha156
- #1,396Calla156
- #1,396Eleanore156
- #1,406Adira155
- #1,406Avayah155
- #1,406Ciara155
Tied with 9 names at #1,396; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.