Nakhi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NAH-kee
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Nakhi is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
Is Nakhi a girl's or a boy's name?
Nakhi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nakhi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Nakhi, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had more boys named Nakhi than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Nakhi in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nakhi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Nakhi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avi, Aarav, Navi, Rishi, Bodhi, Vihaan, Krishiv, Ravi, Armani, Kavi, Avyaan, Veer
Names related to Nakhi
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, “Nakhi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nakhi, updated 20 October 2026.