Nayeli

What Nayeli means

Spanish, possibly meaning “I love you”

Presumably from Zapotec nadxieelii (“I love you”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Nayeli” (revision 78040314), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Nayeli?

US: Rising: up from #458 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2001, when 1,845 girls got the name (#175 that year). First in the US records in 1977.

How common

• About 1 in 1,396 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 18,092 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (3.0 per 1,000 girls), RI (2.45 per 1,000 girls), AZ (1.81 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Nayeli is #270 in the US and #2006 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Nayeli were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Nayelli40 US
• Nyeli34 US
• Nyelli20 US
• Nayely13 US
• Nyela12 US
• Naiyeli12 US
• Neyeli6 US
• Nayelii6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Nayeli

Girls

• Nevaeh#165From the word “heaven”^*
• Amaya#180“the end”^*
• Zoe#31Variant of Zoë, meaning “life”^*
• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Sophie#55French form of Sophia, meaning “wisdom”^*
• Natalia#144“birthday (of the Lord)”^*

For a brother

• Maximus#275Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1997, with 5 babies
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Simon#230“sixpence coin”^*
• Zion#142Editor’s note Up from #227 in 2015 to #142 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 680 US boys in the 2025 records
• Carson#124“rock”^*
• Elian#147Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #147 vs #914 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Nayeli’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.