Necalli
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- neh-KAH-lee
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Necalli is a boys' name, meaning “battle”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Necalli mean?
Nahuatl, from a word for battle
“battle”
One of the Nahuatl names chosen by some Mexican-American families.
Is Necalli a girl's or a boy's name?
Necalli is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Necalli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,538th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Necalli, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. It first appears in the records in 2008.
2025 had the most boys named Necalli of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Necalli in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Necalli in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
Names like Necalli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian, Finnegan, Callahan, Caspian, Callan, Kyaire, Sevyn, Raiden, Kenai, Kayden, Akari, Killian
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, “Necalli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/necalli, updated 20 October 2026.