Neytiri
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nay-TEER-ee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Neytiri is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Neytiri mean?
Modern: invented for the film Avatar
Neytiri is the Na'vi heroine of James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar and its sequels.
Is Neytiri a girl's or a boy's name?
Neytiri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neytiri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Neytiri, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the girls named Neytiri in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Neytiri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
Names like Neytiri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kyomi, Kehlani, Jaylani, Naylani, Khaleesi, Malani, Kaylani, Nyomi, Ailany, Oaklynn, Naiari, Kiyomi
More Modern names
Jayden, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Ailani, Kayson
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, “Neytiri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neytiri, updated 20 October 2026.