Nyeli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nye-EL-ee
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Nyeli is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
Where does Nyeli come from?
Probably a spelling of Nayeli, a Mexican name often said to be Zapotec
Is Nyeli a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyeli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nyeli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,171among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 87% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Nyeli, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Nyeli in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82 girls in the US were given Nyeli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,946, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.
Nyeli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
Names like Nyeli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nyomi Naylani Kehlani Malani Milani Kaylani Jaylani Nalani Meilani Kailani Kyomi Alani
Other spellings of Nyeli
Names related to Nyeli
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, “Nyeli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nyeli, updated 20 October 2026.