girl's name

Nefes

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 40

Nefes is a girl's name. In 2022 it was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in France in 2018, when 5 babies were given the name.
  • It is a recent arrival in the birth records in France.
  • First appears in birth records in 2018.

Nefes over time

Births per decade in France, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

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Births named Nefes by decade in France
Decade Births
2010s 5
2020s (to 2022) 15

How popular is Nefes?

In 2022, Nefes was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Where Nefes is used

France #3,687 5 in 2022
England & Wales #5,112 4 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.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Nefes

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

Sibling names for Nefes

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

Common questions about Nefes

How popular is the name Nefes?

In 2022, Nefes was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

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

Nefes is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Nefes most popular?

Nefes peaked in 2018, when 5 babies were given the name. It is a recent arrival in the birth records.

Is Nefes a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Nefes currently ranks #5,112 in France. It is a recent arrival in the birth records. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.