Nayelli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nay-YEL-ee
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Nayelli is a girls' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Nayelli mean?
Native American: spelling of Nayeli; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Nayeli.
Is Nayelli a girl's or a boy's name?
Nayelli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nayelli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,711th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Nayelli, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 115 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Nayelli in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,205 girls in the US were given Nayelli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #282, up from #3,711 for this spelling alone.
Nayelli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 48 | #3,312 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 50 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 61 | #2,831 |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,302 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,802 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,289 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,977 |
| 2005 | 60 | #2,752 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,804 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,082 |
| 2002 | 77 | #2,155 |
| 2001 | 115 | #1,599 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Names like Nayelli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amari, Aaliyah, Anahi, Yareli, Kaliyah, Sarahi, Zariah, Nalani, Hadassah, Armani, Addison, Leilani
Other spellings of Nayelli
Names related to Nayelli
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota, Wynonna
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, “Nayelli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nayelli, updated 20 October 2026.