Nayel Boy
How popular is Nayel?
#1,793 boy name in 2025
89 baby boys were named Nayel in the US in 2025, making it the 1793rd most popular boy name.
Nayel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,793 for boys (▲ 397 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 89 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+345% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,709 in 2015, #3,731 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (89 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,793 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 2009 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nayel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nayel family of names ranked #1,485 for boys in 2025 (#1,751 the year before), with 95 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nayel | 89 | 94% |
| Naiel | 6 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Nayel is most popular
Babies named Nayel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (29 boys)
Nayel by decade
Boy names about as popular as Nayel
Questions
- Is Nayel a boy or girl name?
- Nayel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Nayel were boys.
- How popular is the name Nayel?
- 89 baby boys were named Nayel in the US in 2025, making it the 1793rd most popular boy name.
- When was Nayel most popular?
- Nayel peaked in 2025, when 89 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,793 in 2025.
- How many people are named Nayel?
- 508 babies have been named Nayel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 506 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 4.
- Where is Nayel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nayel was most common in Virginia, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.