Nayelly
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nay-YEL-ee
- Origin
- Native American
Nayelly is a girls' name of Native American origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nayelly 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 Nayelly a girl's or a boy's name?
Nayelly is a girls' name.
How popular is Nayelly in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 60 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Nayelly in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nayelly in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 60 | #2,536 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
Names like Nayelly
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kennedy Cassidy Emily Emely Avery Destiny Nathaly Mallory Lily Arely Trinity Mckenna
Names related to Nayelly
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, “Nayelly: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nayelly, updated 20 October 2026.