Nayelis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nah-YEH-lees
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Nayelis is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
Where does Nayelis come from?
Elaboration of Nayeli, a Mexican name often linked with Zapotec
Is Nayelis a girl's or a boy's name?
Nayelis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nayelis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,553rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Nayelis, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had more girls named Nayelis than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Nayelis in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nayelis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 43 | #3,194 |
Names like Nayelis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Kaliyah, Zariah, Zaniyah, Hadassah, Alaya, Naziyah, Sariyah, Genesis, Jaliyah, Jenesis, Amira
Names related to Nayelis
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, “Nayelis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nayelis, updated 20 October 2026.