Nairi
Nairi was the Akkadian name for a region inhabited by a particular group of tribal principalities in the Armenian Highlands, approximately spanning the area between modern Diyarbakır and Lake Van and the region west of Lake Urmia. Nairi has sometimes been equated with Nihriya, known from Mesopotamian, Hittite, and Urartian sources.
- Armenian
Meaning & Origin of Nairi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nairi was the Akkadian name for a region inhabited by a particular group of tribal principalities in the Armenian Highlands, approximately spanning the area between modern Diyarbakır and Lake Van and the region west of Lake Urmia. Nairi has sometimes been equated with Nihriya, known from Mesopotamian, Hittite, and Urartian sources.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Armenian
The Story of Nairi
The earliest SSA record of Nairi as a baby girl name dates back to 1990, when 6 babies received it. 2021 was its biggest year on record, with 18 newborns named Nairi — #6,411 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Nairi on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Nairi ranks #9,655 for baby girls with 7 births, falling sharply (-33%). All told, over 305 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Nairi
Nairi is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 305 births in the dataset. Nairi's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #6,411. Use the chart and map above to compare Nairi's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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