Neli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEL-ee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Neli is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Neli mean?
English: spelling of Nellie; English pet form of Eleanor, Ellen and Helen
Soprano Nellie Melba, honoured by the dessert peach Melba, was born Helen Mitchell.
Meaning borrowed from Nellie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Neli a girl's or a boy's name?
Neli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neli in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Neli, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Neli in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 613 girls in the UK were given Neli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #95, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Neli in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
How popular is Neli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Neli, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer girls named Neli than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Neli in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 783 girls in the US were given Neli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #422, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Neli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Nicknames for Neli
- Nell 114 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Neli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ivy Harper Riley Willow Lily Hallie Autumn Daisy Eden Scarlett Phoebe Gracie
Other spellings of Neli
Names related to Neli
More English names
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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, “Neli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neli, updated 20 October 2026.