Boys' name · since 2009
Nayel
Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 503 babies named Nayel, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #7,879 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,807 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 503
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nayel is the #1807 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 503 recorded since 2009.
Nayel has 503 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1807 as of the latest data, more common than 87% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #7,879 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,807 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 503 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nayel ranks #7,879 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,807 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 503 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,879 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,807 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 503
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nayel's 503 recorded births place it above 82.67% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Nayel compares
503 Top 44% higher than 56% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nayel's all-time total is 36% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nayel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 503 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 89 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nayel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nayel splits its recorded history at 2018: 79% of all births land in the more recent half, 21% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 89 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nayel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 89
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Nayel popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2023 (Nayel as girls' name)
Nayel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (322 births, 64% of the file).
2020s was Nayel's strongest decade.
322 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Nayel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
175 births
- 2020s
2020s
322 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 322 births (64% of all-time use).
How Nayel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Nayel's total volume
Nayel by state
Where Nayel concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 54 | 10.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 49 | 9.7% |
| #3 | California | | 43 | 8.5% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 29 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 7 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Washington | | 5 | 1.0% |
54 of 503 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Nayels (54 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nayel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.