Nehal
#16,575 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Nehal has been given to 279 babies in the U.S. since 1980. In 2025 it ranked #16,575 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 15 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 72% girls, 28% boys all-time.
Babies named Nehal, 2025
1 in 663,000
Nehal over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Nehal over time
In 2025, Nehal went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Nehal?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 663,000
- 5 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 321,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #16,575
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 459,581 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Nehal sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nehal. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Nehals were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Nehal was born before 2007 — so the typical Nehal is around 18 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 31.2% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 69.3%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 202
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 31.2% of all recorded uses (63).
Is Nehal rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −6,511
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −2,502
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.71×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 33.3%
- Peak was 2011 (15)
- Years since peak
- 14
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 33.5% average annual change
Spellings of Nehal
Nehal is not the most common spelling — Nell is, with 37.8% against Nehal's 0.28%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Nehal around the world
Where Nehal ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2001–2023#5,688in 2023
- France2011–2021#5,169in 2021
- Canada2019–2021#2,638in 2021
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Nehal by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Nehal
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Nehal
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.