Naelle
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nah-EL
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Naelle is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
Where does Naelle come from?
French: modern French name, perhaps from Noelle or Arabic Nael
Is Naelle a girl's or a boy's name?
Naelle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naelle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Naelle, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the girls named Naelle in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naelle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
Names like Naelle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Coraline, Rynlee, Oaklynn, Brynlee, Eliette, Marlowe, Wrenley, Esme, Lakelynn, Collins, Sevyn, Lennon
Names related to Naelle
Noelle, Nellie, Nell, Nayelli, Nyelle, Nelle, Nyellie, Nelliel
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Naelle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naelle, updated 20 October 2026.