Nairobi
Rank in 2025
#1867
recorded as girls
Down 331 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
106
girls 106
Peak year
2021
242 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,596
since 1971
Born a Nairobi? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Nairobi was most popular in 2021, when 242 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.15 per 1,000). In 2025, 106 babies were named Nairobi, ranking #1867 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 33%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 106 | 1867 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 139 | 1536 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 172 | 1319 | 5 | 12239 |
| 2022 | 233 | 1077 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 242 | 1042 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 215 | 1120 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 65 | 2651 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 37 | 3918 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 24 | 5338 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 21 | 5985 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 14 | 8008 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 17 | 6987 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 11 | 9612 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 16 | 7456 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 8 | 12153 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 9 | 11246 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 19 | 6811 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 9 | 11599 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 19 | 6812 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 12 | 9286 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 18 | 6528 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 12 | 8716 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 9 | 10425 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 9 | 10246 | 5 | 10667 |
| 2001 | 10 | 9351 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 10 | 9163 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 12 | 7716 | 9 | 6530 |
| 1998 | 22 | 4796 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 6 | 12070 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 11 | 7574 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 11 | 7604 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 8 | 9559 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | 13317 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | 10912 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 7 | 8318 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 13 | 5222 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 5 | 10275 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 5 | 5772 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 6 | 4935 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 5 | 4907 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 98% · boys 2% across all years