Girls' name · peaked in 2022
Zuri name popularity since 1925
17,614 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Zuri (95.6% girls, 4.4% boys). Half of them were born in 2019 or earlier, so the typical Zuri is about 7 years old in 2026. Zuri peaked in 2022 as the #194 name for girls, and it ranked #329 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,614
- Named Zuri, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #329
- for girls in 2025 (932 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 95.6% girls
- 16,844 girls · 770 boys
- Most popular in
- Georgia
- 3.08× its national share
Peak year is the year Zuri made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Zuri births per year, 1925–2025
2022 was the biggest year for Zuri both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2009 and 2014, Zuri became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 7,720 baby girls to 1 in 2,680.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Zuri's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Zuri.
Decade by decade
Babies named Zuri in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 56 | 50 | #10,618 |
| 1980s | 208 | 45 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 522 | 145 | #2,551 |
| 2000s | 1,239 | 200 | #2,523 |
| 2010s | 7,024 | 170 | #443 |
| 2020–25 | 7,795 | 160 | #329 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
80.0% of babies named Zuri from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Zuri is most popular
The index compares Zuri's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Zuri.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 3.08× | 1,327 |
| Maryland | 2.56× | 609 |
| Florida | 2.13× | 1,199 |
| South Carolina | 1.83× | 399 |
| Virginia | 1.72× | 603 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Zuri and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Zuri (this page) | 16,844 | 2022 |
| Zhuri | 1,981 | 2022 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Zuri's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Zuri.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Zuri (2022).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data