Kiri

femaleMaori

A common Maori noun meaning 'skin, bark, rind'; figuratively can also mean 'person, self'. Used as a personal name.

Origin: Maori

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1975 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #77 in New Zealand in 1975. See regions.

Kiri: Recorded since 1975, with a gap of 12 years, its highest recorded position is #77, and it stood at #4,867 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#77highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kiri's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

KEE-ree/ˈkiɾi/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (3) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

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Pronunciation clarity

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Spelling simplicity

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Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Maori
Meaning: A common Maori noun meaning 'skin, bark, rind'; figuratively can also mean 'person, self'. Used as a personal name.
Pronunciation: KEE-ree
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Maori

Popularity

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#916
1997	#820
1998	#1392
1999	#1970
2000	#1095
2001	#1520
2002	#1658
2003	#1224
2004	#1459
2005	#2084
2006	#1862
2007	#1656
2008	#2487
2009	#2148
2010	#1993
2011	#2150
2013	#2649
2014	#3160
2016	#4763
2017	#5765
2018	#2674
2019	#3151
2020	#3899
2021	#3192
2022	#3970
2023	#4709
2024	#4843
2025	#4867

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 30 years from 1996 to 2025.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1975–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1975
First recorded at #77 among girls in New Zealand in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #4867 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Kiri appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 28 ranked years and 295 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Girls, from 1975.

Kiri across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kiri's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#916 (1996)	#820 (1997)	#4867 (2025)	28 of 30	295 (1996–2025)	27 (1997)
New Zealand · Girls	#77 (1975)	#77 (1975)	#94 (1976)	2 of 2	130 (1975–1976)	73 (1975)

Kiri by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kiri in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	71	4 of 10	18
2000sbusiest	131	10 of 10	13
2010s	64	8 of 10	8
2020s	29	6 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kiri appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1975 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #77, first reached in 1975.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 73 births, registered in New Zealand in 1975.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1989, and 21 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Kiri was ranked #77 in New Zealand · Girls in 1975. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Linda#73
Sally#74
Jolene#75
Toni#76
Monique#78
Heidi#79
Robyn#80
Hayley#81

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kirat · #1491, 18y
Kirby · #345, 22y
Kiril · #2266, 16y
Kirill · #422, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abi · #78, 30y
Roise · #79, 29y
Bethan · #72, 31y
Tyla · #85, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Brad · #77, 36y
Travis · #77, 35y
Jolene · #75, 47y
Nathaniel · #79, 38y

Kiri and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kiri without appearing here.

Kiri moved ahead of

Carol
In 2017 they stood at #5765 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #4684.
Donna
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #4634.
Vicki
In 1999 they stood at #1970 and #1970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1095 and #2167.
Belinda
In 2024 they stood at #4843 and #3695 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2025 that had become #4867 and #5927.

Moved ahead of Kiri

Cecilie
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2504.
Janice
In 2021 they stood at #3192 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #1948.
Fiadh
In 2015 they stood at #3160 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2757.
Rory
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1939.

Moved the opposite way to Kiri

Ada
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Kiri went from #916 to #4867 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Kiri went from #916 to #4867 while Alma went from #2096 to #211.
Alyssa
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Kiri went from #916 to #4867 while Alyssa went from #783 to #325.
Amalie
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Kiri went from #916 to #4867 while Amalie went from #2096 to #894.

Moved the same way as Kiri

Abigail
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Kiri went from #916 to #4867 and Abigail from #21 to #171.
Aimee
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Kiri went from #916 to #4867 and Aimee from #70 to #1809.
Aisling
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Kiri went from #916 to #4867 and Aisling from #440 to #1892.
Alex
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Kiri went from #916 to #4867 and Alex from #161 to #2605.

Meaning & Origin

A common Maori noun meaning 'skin, bark, rind'; figuratively can also mean 'person, self'. Used as a personal name.

VerifiedSource: Te Aka Māori Dictionary, Behind the Name.Confidence: high.

Maori

VerifiedSource: Te Aka Māori Dictionary.Confidence: high.

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Where Kiri is officially recorded

3 official registrars have recorded Kiri, between 1975 and 2025, in 31 of those 51 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
New Zealand	1975–1976	2	#77 in 1975
Republic of Ireland	1989	1	#503 in 1989
England and Wales	1996–2025	28	#820 in 1997

Its high point came 22 years earlier in New Zealand (1975) than in England and Wales (1997).

No registrar recorded it for 12 years after 1976; it appears again in 1989.

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

KEE-ree/ˈkiɾi/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Maori Pronunciation Guide, Te Reo Maori Pronunciation Guide.Confidence: high.

Where Kiri Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Kiri in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

England and WalesRepublic of IrelandNew Zealand

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Kiri

Kiri at a glance

What stands out in Kiri's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kiri across 2 official records

Kiri by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kiri appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Kiri

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Kiri and the names beside it

Kiri moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kiri

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Moved the same way as Kiri

Meaning & Origin

Where Kiri is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Kiri Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Kiri at a glance

What stands out in Kiri's record

Kiri across 2 official records

Kiri by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kiri appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Kiri

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Kiri and the names beside it

Kiri moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kiri

Moved the opposite way to Kiri

Moved the same way as Kiri