Nori

Nori was the #1,192 girls' name in the US in 2025 (193 babies), and #1,809 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Nori as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Nori as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Nori as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,192 (193)#1,809 (16)—#3,044 (6)
2024#1,014 (251)#2,116 (13)—#1,833 (12)
2023#897 (298)#2,063 (13)#749 (3)#1,582 (14)
2022#930 (290)#2,058 (13)—#1,854 (11)
2021#1,012 (252)#2,073 (13)—#2,185 (9)
2020#1,173 (198)#3,899 (5)—#2,163 (9)
2019#1,029 (249)#4,001 (5)——
2018#1,391 (161)#2,901 (8)——
2017#1,465 (153)#4,763 (4)—#2,876 (6)
2016#1,386 (168)#4,096 (5)—#3,294 (5)
2015#1,600 (134)#3,615 (6)—#2,599 (7)
2014#1,956 (102)——#2,185 (9)
2013#4,755 (29)———
2012#9,711 (11)———
2011#6,855 (18)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #897.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1950.
  • In 2025, 86% of US babies named Nori were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 16,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nori is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,600 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nori by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #813PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: #400MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #729NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #676GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,532TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Nori (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Nori (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NoriCanadaGirls#3,0446
NoriEngland & WalesGirls#1,80916
NoriEngland & WalesBoys—too few
NoriNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NoriNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NoriScotlandGirls—too few
NoriUSGirls#1,192193
NoriUSBoys#3,58331