Given name
Nayeli
“one who loves and is loved”
Nayeli is used as a given name. One Native American interpretation is “one who loves and is loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “one who loves and is loved.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nayeli through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24,665
- 14 boys · 24,651 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 1,845 babies
- 2025
- 1,151
- #271 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +37%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,151 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 271 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 37.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,845 in 2001. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (220). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 19,291 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nayeli’s family of names
Nayeli has a related form in Nayely. Nayeli has a related form in Nayelie. Nayeli has a related form in Nayelea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nayeli
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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