Nefeli

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Nefeli: Recorded since 2006, its highest recorded position is #790, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#790highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#4157
2007	#5201
2009	#4564
2011	#3185
2012	#2215
2013	#2887
2014	#2203
2015	#4103
2016	#2233
2017	#1568
2018	#1977
2019	#1562
2020	#1238
2021	#1224
2022	#1120
2023	#1206
2024	#1036

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 17 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #1036 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2006–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #4157 among girls in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1036 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nefeli 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 Nefeli in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	11	3 of 10	4
2010s	109	9 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	143	5 of 10	29

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 29 births a year.

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

Nefeli appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #790 in Scotland in 2024.

Nefeli'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	#1036	33	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1206	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1120	30	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1224	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1238	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1568	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2006 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #790, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 18 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Neeva · #1785, 16y
Neeve · #1176, 29y
Neha · #411, 29y
Nehan · #1706, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Aiva · #790, 19y
Aleeha · #790, 18y
Alyvia · #790, 15y
Arella · #790, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Aiva · #790, 19y
Aleeha · #790, 18y
Aleia · #790, 13y
Alyvia · #790, 15y

Nefeli was ranked #790 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nefeli 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 Nefeli without appearing here.

Nefeli moved ahead of

Therese Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4103 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1238 and #5493.
Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4103 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1568 and #5765.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1562 and #5591.
Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3185 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2215 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Nefeli

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1568 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1977 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Nefeli

Abigail Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nefeli went from #4157 to #1036 while Abigail went from #23 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nefeli went from #4157 to #1036 while Aimee went from #65 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nefeli went from #4157 to #1036 while Aisling went from #1004 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nefeli went from #4157 to #1036 while Alex went from #279 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Nefeli

Ada Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nefeli went from #4157 to #1036 and Ada from #976 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nefeli went from #4157 to #1036 and Alma from #1087 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nefeli went from #4157 to #1036 and Amelia from #16 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nefeli went from #4157 to #1036 and Aria from #1280 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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #790 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nefeli

Nefeli at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nefeli by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Nefeli at a glance

Nefeli by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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