How Many People Are Named Nayeli?
people named Nayeli are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 13,977 people in the US has this name
Based on 24,665 babies named Nayeli in Social Security records from 1977 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,845 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "I love you" in the Zapotec language.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Nayeli (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nayeli alive today is about 14 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nayeli first appears in the records in 1977 and was given most often in 2001, to 1,845 babies. In 2025, 1,151 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1977 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nayeli has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #175, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #271.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #271 |
| Best rank | #175 (2001) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #340 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nayeli alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nayeli were born in California than in any other state: about 6,619 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nayeli was given 2.5 times as often in New Mexico, 2.3 times in Nevada and 2 times in California.
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