Nayely
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-YEH-lee
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Nayely is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Nayely mean?
Spelling of Nayeli, a Mexican name often said to be Zapotec
A spelling of Nayeli, popularly explained as Zapotec for 'I love you', though this is uncertain.
Is Nayely a girl's or a boy's name?
Nayely is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nayely in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Nayely, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 331 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the girls named Nayely in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nayely in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,868 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 47 | #3,379 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,266 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,769 |
| 2011 | 70 | #2,554 |
| 2010 | 84 | #2,274 |
| 2009 | 96 | #2,102 |
| 2008 | 119 | #1,816 |
| 2007 | 127 | #1,713 |
| 2006 | 96 | #2,050 |
| 2005 | 141 | #1,488 |
| 2004 | 126 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 113 | #1,686 |
| 2002 | 179 | #1,153 |
| 2001 | 331 | #731 |
| 2000 | 101 | #1,726 |
| 1999 | 72 | #2,112 |
| 1998 | 65 | #2,185 |
| 1997 | 67 | #2,099 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,279 |
| 1995 | 54 | #2,389 |
| 1994 | 62 | #2,162 |
| 1993 | 56 | #2,284 |
| 1992 | 64 | #2,100 |
| 1991 | 43 | #2,732 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
Names like Nayely
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kennedy Cassidy Avery Emely Emery Nathaly Destiny Mallory Trinity Emily Riley Arely
Names related to Nayely
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, “Nayely: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nayely, updated 20 October 2026.