Nayel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NY-el
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #842 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,793 for boys
Nayel is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “achiever, one who attains”. In 2025 it ranked 842nd for boys in the UK (42 babies) and 1,793rd for boys in the US (89 babies).
What does Nayel mean?
Arabic: spelling of Nail, common in the Levant
“achiever, one who attains”
Is Nayel a girl's or a boy's name?
Nayel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 boys in the UK and 89 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nayel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 842nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 7,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the UK were named Nayel, making it the 842nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th.
2025 had the most boys named Nayel of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Nayel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 119 boys in the UK were given Nayel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #393, up from #842 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 782nd in England and Wales.
Nayel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #842 |
| 2024 | 37 | #923 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,160 |
| 2022 | 35 | #949 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,389 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,124 |
| 2018 | 28 | #1,098 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
How popular is Nayel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,793rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 89 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 94% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 89 boys in the US were named Nayel, making it the 1,793rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. It first appears in the records in 2009.
2025 had the most boys named Nayel of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Nayel in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 185 boys in the US were given Nayel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,040, up from #1,793 for this spelling alone.
- Niall 96
- Nayel 89
Nayel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | #1,793 |
| 2024 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2023 | 49 | #2,659 |
| 2022 | 50 | #2,647 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,020 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 47 | #2,634 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
Names like Nayel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan, Zayan, Muhammad, Musa, Zayd, Arham, Zayyan, Umar, Hamza, Azaan, Rayyan, Musab
Other spellings of Nayel
Names related to Nayel
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Nayel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nayel, updated 20 October 2026.