Recorded 1987–2018 Girls' name Peak 2001 488 births

Nayelly — girls' name

488 babies named Nayelly in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s161990s1452000s2612010s66
2000s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Nayelly was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

60 babies were named Nayelly in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nayelly

The Social Security Administration has registered 488 babies named Nayelly between 1987 and 2018, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nayelly currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nayelly performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 261 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nayelly shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 135 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Nayelly in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nayelly 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 488 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.

Nayelly at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

488

Since 1987

32 years of records

Peak year

2001

60 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1987

Recorded for 32 years

Last year on file: 2018

Nayelly popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1987

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2001)
60
Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
020406080 201820122008200420001996199219881987 5

Nayelly by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
261 births that decade — 53% of Nayelly's all-time total
1980s161990s1452000s2612010s66

Nayelly by state

Where Nayelly concentrates geographically — total births since 1987

Regionally concentrated
Top 5 states by recorded births for the name Nayelly
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
135 27.7%
#2 Texas
67 13.7%
#3 New York
6 1.2%
#4 Florida
5 1.0%
#5 Georgia
5 1.0%
California share of Nayelly's total US births 27.7%
Even split

135 of 488 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nayelly?
488 babies have been named Nayelly since 1987. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2001 with 60 births.
When was Nayelly most popular?
Nayelly was most popular in the 2000s decade with 261 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Nayelly most popular?
The top states for the name Nayelly are California (135 births), Texas (67 births), New York (6 births).
How long has the name Nayelly been used?
Nayelly has been recorded in Social Security data since 1987, spanning 32 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Nayelly?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nayeli, Naya, Nayla, Nayely, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1987–2018 (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.