Nayel vs Nayely
American parents have registered 2,678 Nayelys since 1880, against 508 Nayels. But in 2025 it was Nayel that was commoner, 89 babies to 13.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Nayel Nayely
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 40 years in which either name was published, Nayely for 34 years and Nayel for 6 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Nayel | Nayely | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 508 | 2,678 |
| Most in one year | 89 | 331 |
| Babies in 2025 | 89 | 13 |
| Estimated living today | 510 | 2,600 |
| Median age today | 3 | 22 |
| Peak year | 2025 | 2001 |
| Best rank | 1,793rd boys | 731st girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 1,793rd | 7,885th |
| First recorded | 2009 | 1986 |
| Girls / boys | 5 / 503 | 2,678 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Nayelys alive today are over 22; half the Nayels are over 3. That is 19 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Nayel Virginia (6.2×), New York (3.4×), Texas (3.1×)
- Nayely California (4.6×), Texas (3.6×), Arizona (2.9×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Nayel and Nayely.