Nami
A unisex name of Japanese origin, meaning wave.
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Win rate
50%
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US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3256
6 babies
Nami by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Nami. In the US, 38 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nami. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nai11 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the sea
Like Nami, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
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