Nephi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NEE-fy
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Nephi is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Nephi mean?
From the Book of Mormon; its linguistic source is uncertain
Nephi, son of Lehi, is the first narrator of the Book of Mormon and founder of the Nephite people.
Is Nephi a girl's or a boy's name?
Nephi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nephi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Nephi, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Nephi in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nephi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
Names like Nephi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuri, Dakota, Yitzchok, Loki, Ari, Benji, Sami, Yakov, Yusuf, Rumi, Koji, Tru
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, “Nephi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nephi, updated 20 October 2026.