Nyelli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nye-EL-ee
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Nyelli is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
Where does Nyelli come from?
Spelling of Nyeli; probably a spelling of Nayeli, a Mexican name often said to be Zapotec
Meaning borrowed from Nyeli.
Is Nyelli a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyelli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nyelli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Nyelli, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Nyelli in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82 girls in the US were given Nyelli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,946, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.
Nyelli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
Names like Nyelli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaylani Everly Elowyn Naylani Kehlani Khaleesi Milani Malani Naiari Adalynn Azari Kaylani
Other spellings of Nyelli
Names related to Nyelli
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, “Nyelli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nyelli, updated 20 October 2026.