Neli

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Neli: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Neli: Recorded since 2009, it reached #2,073 in 2021, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#2073highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2009–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#5556
2011	#5785
2012	#5876
2013	#4739
2014	#5691
2015	#2705
2016	#2547
2017	#3229
2018	#3518
2019	#2643
2020	#2843
2021	#2073
2022	#2325
2023	#3598
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 15 of the 16 years from 2009 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2009–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #5556 among girls in England and Wales in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2009–2024
Highest recorded position: #2073 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 2009–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Neli by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Neli in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	54	9 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	46	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Neli appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2073 in England and Wales in 2021.

Neli's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2009 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,073, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
14 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ahaana · #2073, 10y
Bee · #2073, 14y
Billie-Mae · #2073, 16y
Dali · #2073, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Bee · #2073, 14y
Dali · #2073, 15y
Odessa · #2073, 14y
Daniya · #2070, 24y

Neli and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Neli without appearing here.

Neli moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #5581.
Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3518 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3518 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Neli

Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2547 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3229 and #2502.
Noah Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2073 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2325 and #2058.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #2843.

Moved the opposite way to Neli

Abigail Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neli went from #5556 to #3015 while Abigail went from #36 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neli went from #5556 to #3015 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neli went from #5556 to #3015 while Aisling went from #1287 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neli went from #5556 to #3015 while Alex went from #495 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Neli

Ada Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neli went from #5556 to #3015 and Ada from #547 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neli went from #5556 to #3015 and Alma from #1105 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neli went from #5556 to #3015 and Amelia from #9 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Neli went from #5556 to #3015 and Aria from #1248 to #35.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2073 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Neli

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Neli by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Neli at a glance

Neli by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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