Nayeli
Girl · nay-YEL-ee · Native American
Nayeli is a girls' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 270th for girls in the US (1,151 babies).
What does Nayeli mean?
Native American: said to be Zapotec, an Indigenous language of Mexico
Used mainly in Mexico and the US, it is often said to come from Zapotec, spoken in Oaxaca, though this is uncertain.
- Say it
- nay-YEL-ee
Is Nayeli a girl's or a boy's name?
Nayeli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 1,151 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nayeli in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 329% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Nayeli, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Nayeli of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Nayeli in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Nayeli in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
How popular is Nayeli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #270among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,151about 1 in 1,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,151 girls in the US were named Nayeli, making it the 270th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 424th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 1,845 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had more girls named Nayeli than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Nayeli in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nayeli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,151 | #270 |
| 2024 | 964 | #318 |
| 2023 | 931 | #333 |
| 2022 | 957 | #337 |
| 2021 | 817 | #383 |
| 2020 | 724 | #424 |
| 2019 | 738 | #433 |
| 2018 | 755 | #410 |
| 2017 | 629 | #497 |
| 2016 | 670 | #474 |
| 2015 | 692 | #458 |
| 2014 | 810 | #402 |
| 2013 | 773 | #398 |
| 2012 | 849 | #368 |
| 2011 | 827 | #382 |
| 2010 | 823 | #387 |
| 2009 | 866 | #371 |
| 2008 | 947 | #352 |
| 2007 | 869 | #378 |
| 2006 | 809 | #397 |
| 2005 | 844 | #371 |
| 2004 | 792 | #391 |
| 2003 | 699 | #432 |
| 2002 | 1,208 | #262 |
| 2001 | 1,845 | #175 |
| 2000 | 418 | #605 |
| 1999 | 302 | #740 |
| 1998 | 270 | #793 |
| 1997 | 235 | #868 |
| 1996 | 228 | #869 |
| 1995 | 194 | #967 |
| 1994 | 181 | #1,022 |
| 1993 | 188 | #981 |
| 1992 | 175 | #1,048 |
| 1991 | 150 | #1,164 |
| 1990 | 95 | #1,582 |
| 1989 | 62 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 31 | #3,160 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,254 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,133 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,914 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
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