Nayel — #2204 US boys' name
414 babies named Nayel in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to boys today.
56% of everyone ever named Nayel was born in this single decade.
66 babies were named Nayel in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nayel
The Social Security Administration has registered 414 babies named Nayel between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nayel currently holds the #2204 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 66 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nayel performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 233 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nayel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nayel in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nayel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 414 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Nayel at a glance
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Current rank
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Nayel popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2024)
- 66
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #2204 among boys.
414 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 66 births in a single year.
Nayel popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2023 (Nayel as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Nayel accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Nayel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 233 births that decade — 56% of Nayel's all-time total
Nayel decade highlights
- Peak decade 233 births
- Runner-up 175 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Nayel's strongest decade
233 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Nayel by state
Where Nayel concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 41 | 9.9% |
| #2 | California | | 34 | 8.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 31 | 7.5% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 23 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 7 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.2% |
41 of 414 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 9.9% of nationwide
- California 8.2% of nationwide
- Texas 7.5% of nationwide
- Virginia 5.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 9.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2009–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.