Zuri

Where Zuri comes from

Borrowed from Swahili zuri (“good”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Zuri
  • Swahili
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1970
    Zuri Lawrence born
    American boxer
  2. 1971
    First appearance
    #8,324 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1986
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1988
    Zuri Hall born
    American entertainment reporter and actress
  5. 2022
    Peak, #194
    1,523 babies named Zuri — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name from Swahili, of modern African American usage
Namesakes
  • Zuri Hall · American entertainment reporter and actress, born 1988
  • Zuri Lawrence · American boxer, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.