Nayeli Girl
How popular is Nayeli?
#270 girl name in 2025
1,151 baby girls were named Nayeli in the US in 2025, making it the 270th most popular girl name.
Nayeli popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #270 for girls (▲ 48 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,151 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+66% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #458 in 2015, #424 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (1,845 girls) |
| Highest rank | #175 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1977 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nayeli counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nayeli family of names ranked #272 for girls in 2025 (#323 the year before), with 1,218 babies in all.
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 Nayeli is most popular
Babies named Nayeli per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 2.4 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- Rhode Island: 1.8 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- Nevada: 1.6 per 1,000 (73 girls)
- Arizona: 1.6 per 1,000 (220 girls)
- Oregon: 1.2 per 1,000 (76 girls)
Nayeli by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12 | #8,442 |
| 1980s | 214 | #2,022 |
| 1990s | 2,018 | #740 |
| 2000s | 9,297 | #175 |
| 2010s | 7,566 | #368 |
| 2020s | 5,544 | #270 |
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Questions
- Is Nayeli a boy or girl name?
- Nayeli is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nayeli were girls.
- How popular is the name Nayeli?
- 1,151 baby girls were named Nayeli in the US in 2025, making it the 270th most popular girl name.
- When was Nayeli most popular?
- Nayeli peaked in 2001, when 1,845 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #175 in 2001.
- How many people are named Nayeli?
- 24,665 babies have been named Nayeli in the US since 1880. We estimate about 24,481 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Nayeli most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nayeli was most common in New Mexico, at 2.4 of every 1,000 girls 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.