Zuri
Top 1000
About Zuri
A Swahili name with a positive meaning, Zuri came to the attention of American parents when an Ohio zoo used it for a female giraffe. It subsequently shot up the charts in 2010, peaking in 2022 when it reached the Top 200. A more recent year saw it given to 1140 girls (and 22 boys).
Zuri Ross also is a character on the Disney show Jessie., while there's also a lion called Zuri in The Lion King. Basketball megastar Lebron James and his wife Savannah named their baby girl Zhuri, a slightly different spelling, in 2014, while more recently, it was used by content creator Kelly Eastwood (thelondonchatter) for her daughter in 2025.
Pronounced ZOO-ree.
As of October 2026, Zuri ranked #329 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #194 in 2022, Nameberry popularity #556.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #475 | 667 | 373.4 |
| 2015 | #443 | 714 | 400 |
| 2016 | #364 | 893 | 503.9 |
| 2017 | #365 | 853 | 494.1 |
| 2018 | #292 | 1,132 | 665.5 |
| 2019 | #278 | 1,183 | 704.9 |
| 2020 | #235 | 1,268 | 784.4 |
| 2021 | #208 | 1,440 | 877.6 |
| 2022 | #194 | 1,520 | 926.8 |
| 2023 | #203 | 1,480 | 922.4 |
| 2024 | #277 | 1,140 | 703.6 |
| 2025 | #329 | 932 | 579.9 |
World rankings
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Famous Zuris
- Zuri Hall
American television personality
- Zuri Tibby
American model
- Zuri Marley
daughter of singer Ziggy Marley
- Zhuri James
daughter of basketball player Lebron James
Zuri in pop culture
- Zuri Ross
a main character on the Disney show "Jessie"
- Zuri
lion cub on animated series "The Lion Guard"