Nefertiti
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nef-er-TEE-tee
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Nefertiti is a girls' name, meaning “the beautiful one has come”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Nefertiti mean?
Ancient Egyptian
“the beautiful one has come”
Nefertiti was the queen of the pharaoh Akhenaten; her painted bust is in Berlin's Neues Museum.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Nefertiti a girl's or a boy's name?
Nefertiti is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nefertiti in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Nefertiti, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Nefertiti in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nefertiti in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,371 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1980 | 33 | #2,749 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,078 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
Names like Nefertiti
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Araceli, Imani, Ariana, Xiomara, Nayeli, Demi, Noemi, Amani, Nyomi, Natalia, Andi, Liliana
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, “Nefertiti: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nefertiti, updated 20 October 2026.