girls:
283 births since 2001
#5433 (5th percentile)
overall:
283 births since 2001
#7456 (4th percentile)
The name Nyeli is the #7,456 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 283 recorded births since 2001. This represents the 3.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,433 (4.9% percentile) for all time with 283 births since 2001.
Nyeli first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2001 (first recorded for girls in 2001). Birth data for Nyeli is available in 18 out of the 23 years between 2001 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Nyeli reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #912) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 23 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Nyeli is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #912 (3.7% percentile) with 23 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nyeli".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Nyeli. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 29.4% confident that Nyeli is pronounced as NYEH-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NAI-eh-lee, at 23.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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