Nehal
Girl · neh-HAHL · Arabic
Nehal is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Nehal mean?
Arabic: also Persian nihal 'sapling' and Hindi nihal 'content'
Related words in Persian and Hindi mean a young sapling and a delighted, contented person.
- Say it
- neh-HAHL
Is Nehal a girl's or a boy's name?
Nehal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nehal in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nehal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nehal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
How popular is Nehal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Nehal, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Nehal in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nehal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
Names like Nehal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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