Zuri

What Zuri means

Means “good”

Borrowed from Swahili zuri (“good”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Zuri” (revision 89982706), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Zuri?

US: Rising: up from #443 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2070 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 1,523 girls got the name (#194 that year). First in the US records in 1971.

How common

• About 1 in 1,725 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,152 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (5.45 per 1,000 girls), GA (1.9 per 1,000 girls), MD (1.85 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Zuri is #328 in the US and #634 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.2% of US babies named Zuri were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zara1,432 US · 625 E&W
• Zora264 US · 20 E&W
• Zyra118 US · 41 E&W
• Suri100 US · 28 E&W
• Sury83 US
• Zari67 US · 11 E&W
• Xuri41 US
• Zori27 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Zuri

Girls

• Charlie#133Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #133 vs #747 in 2025
• Sloane#141Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #327 in 2015, #141 in 2025
• Ariella#174Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”^*
• June#150From the word “name”^*
• Raelynn#116Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #116 vs #2,440 in 2025
• Nora#20Form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*

For a brother

• Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”^*
• Jameson#137Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #137 vs #1,093 in 2025
• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Barrett#171Editor’s note 2,138 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Lennox#289Editor’s note Used for both: 75% of US babies named Lennox in 2025 were boys
• Elliot#151Variant of Elliott, meaning “my God is Yahweh”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Zuri’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.