Nahel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- na-HEL
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Nahel is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
Where does Nahel come from?
Arabic
Is Nahel a girl's or a boy's name?
Nahel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nahel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 800% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Nahel, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012.
2025 had fewer boys named Nahel than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Nahel in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nahel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
Names like Nahel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayan Zahir Zayaan Khaza Musab Zayd Ahmir Nahmir Hamza Zayyan Nazir Muhammadali
Names related to Nahel
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Nahel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nahel, updated 20 October 2026.