How rare is the name Zuri?

8,403 people in the United States have the first name Zuri, about 1 in 35,943. It ranks #2,776 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ZURI

#2,776

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,403
About
1 in 35,943
This common or more
80.8%
Who bears it

Of the 8,403 people named Zuri, 60.2% reported their origin as Black, 17.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.9% as White. 92.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zuri peaked in 2022, when 1,555 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
1,555
In 2025*
949 ▼39%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 17,614 babies have been given the name since 1971. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Zuri by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #502. The largest share of babies named Zuri, 80%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#8,007106
1980s#5,459253
1990s#3,532667
2000s#2,5761,439
2010s#8597,194
2020s#5027,955
Generation X 1965–800.7%
Millennials 1981–963.8%
Generation Z 1997–1215.6%
2013 and later80%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Zuri is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zuri has been most common in Georgia (3×), Maryland (2.6×), and District of Columbia (2.3×), and least common in Iowa (0.25×).

15,395 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Zuri

#2,774 Mika · 8,413#2,775 Dorthy · 8,404#2,777 Rosendo · 8,397#2,778 Brant · 8,396

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zuri, most common first.

#16,502 Zury · 682

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