girl's name

Nefeli

  • Origin Greek
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 486

Scotland

#810

2024 births

Nefeli is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Nefeli is a name of Greek origin.
  • Peaked in England and Wales in 2024, when 33 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in England and Wales.
  • Today about 1 in 23,952 babies in England and Wales is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 2006.

Nefeli over time

Births per decade in England and Wales, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Nefeli by decade in England and Wales
Decade Births
2000s 11
2010s 109
2020s (to 2025) 165

How popular is Nefeli?

In 2025, Nefeli was given to 22 babies in England and Wales. It is a rare choice.

Where Nefeli is used

Scotland #810 3 in 2024
England & Wales #1,417 22 in 2025
Canada #3,436 5 in 2022
France #5,619 5 in 2025
United States #7,519 14 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

Figures for England and Wales withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. Data & sources.

How Nefeli is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Néféli Néféli is a rare spelling of Nefeli, written with an acute accent and recorded about 15 times, mostly in France. 15

Names that peaked alongside Nefeli

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Nefeli also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Nefeli over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Nefeli

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Nefeli — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Nefeli

How popular is the name Nefeli?

In 2025, Nefeli was given to 22 babies in England and Wales. It is a rare choice.

Is Nefeli a girl's or a boy's name?

Nefeli is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Nefeli most popular?

Nefeli peaked in 2024, when 33 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Nefeli a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Nefeli currently ranks #810 in England and Wales. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.