Nekhi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- neh-KYE
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,183 for boys
Nekhi is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,183rd for boys in the US (65 babies).
Where does Nekhi come from?
Modern: modern American coinage
Is Nekhi a girl's or a boy's name?
Nekhi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 65 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nekhi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,183among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 65about 1 in 26,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 636% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 65 boys in the US were named Nekhi, making it the 2,183rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had the most boys named Nekhi of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Nekhi in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nekhi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,183 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
Names like Nekhi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Navi Krishiv Avi Aarav Rishi Vivaan Kavi Vihaan Bodhi Javi Ravi Avyaan
Names related to Nekhi
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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, “Nekhi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nekhi, updated 20 October 2026.