NameTides

Nayel

Nayel was the #1,793 boys' name in the US in 2025 (89 babies), and #782 in England & Wales and #713 in Canada.

Nayel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Nayel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Nayel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,793 (89)#782 (42)—#713 (38)
2024#2,190 (66)#857 (37)—#902 (28)
2023#2,660 (49)#1,108 (26)—#1,192 (18)
2022#2,648 (50)#901 (34)—#1,027 (22)
2021#3,021 (40)#1,329 (19)—#1,076 (21)
2020#3,734 (28)#1,548 (15)—#1,071 (20)
2019#3,636 (30)#1,083 (25)—#1,101 (19)
2018#2,635 (47)#1,061 (26)—#1,021 (21)
2017#4,105 (25)#1,812 (13)—#1,510 (12)
2016#4,098 (25)#2,175 (10)#707 (3)#2,718 (5)
2015#4,711 (20)#1,786 (13)—#1,816 (9)
2014#5,485 (16)#2,964 (6)—#2,667 (5)
2013#9,655 (7)———
2012#12,274 (5)———
2009#10,994 (6)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,793.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2009.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Nayel is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 17,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 21,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nayel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #950NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,169TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Nayel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6236
Ontario2024#71916

Nayel (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NayelCanadaBoys#71338
NayelEngland & WalesBoys#78242
NayelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NayelScotlandBoys—too few
NayelUSGirls—too few
NayelUSBoys#1,79389