Nefertari
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nef-er-TAR-ee
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Nefertari is a girls' name, meaning “beautiful companion”. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Nefertari mean?
Ancient Egyptian
“beautiful companion”
Nefertari was the chief wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II; her richly painted tomb lies in Egypt's Valley of the Queens.
Is Nefertari a girl's or a boy's name?
Nefertari is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nefertari in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 5 girls.
Nefertari in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
How popular is Nefertari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Nefertari, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Nefertari in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nefertari in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 48 | #3,305 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
Names like Nefertari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliana Remi Aria Arabella Esme Sienna Ariella Maryam Isabella Amara Nevaeh Ariana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Nefertari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nefertari, updated 20 October 2026.