girls:
5 births since 2023
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
348 births since 2009
#4238 (8th percentile)
overall:
353 births since 2009
#7386 (5th percentile)
The name Nayel is the #7,386 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 353 recorded births since 2009. This represents the 4.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,238 (7.5% percentile) for all time with 348 births since 2009. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2023.
Nayel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2009 (2009 for boys and 2023 for girls). Birth data for Nayel is available in 13 out of the 15 years between 2009 and 2023 (13 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Nayel has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 90.7% of babies named Nayel were boys.
For boys, Nayel reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #879) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 27 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Nayel is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #867 (4.8% percentile) with 27 births per million.
For girls, Nayel reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #947) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Currently, Nayel is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #947 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nayel".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Nayel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.0% confident that Nayel is pronounced as NAY-uhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NAY-ehl, at 32.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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