How Many People Are Named Nairobi?
people named Nairobi are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 215,773 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,596 babies named Nairobi in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
242 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Nairobi, 97.9% were girls and 2.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 96.2% of the babies were girls then and 99.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nairobi alive today is about 8 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 7 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nairobi first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2021, to 242 babies. In 2025, 106 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nairobi has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,043, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #1,870.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,870 |
| Best rank | #1,043 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,260 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nairobi alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nairobi were born in California than in any other state: about 176 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nairobi was given 1.9 times as often in Georgia, 1.8 times in New York and 1.7 times in Florida.
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