Naledi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-LEH-dee
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Naledi is a girls' name, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Naledi mean?
Sotho and Tswana word
“star”
In 2015 an extinct human species found in South Africa's Rising Star cave was named Homo naledi.
Is Naledi a girl's or a boy's name?
Naledi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naledi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Naledi, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 5 girls.
Half of all the girls named Naledi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Naledi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
Names like Naledi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nevaeh, Sienna, Kiara, Nusaybah, Amira, Safa, Heidi, Khadija, Aaliyah, Zainab, Eden, Maryam
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Naledi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naledi, updated 20 October 2026.