Nephele

#12,812 in 2025Girls' name

From Ancient Greek Νεφέλη; literal meaning unconfirmed

Nephele has been given to 13 babies in the U.S. since 2024. In 2025 it ranked #12,812 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Nephele, 2025

1 in 474,000

Nephele over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nephele: meaning, origin, and history

From Ancient Greek Νεφέλη; literal meaning unconfirmed

Ancient Greek

What Nephele means

Nephele is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Nephele is used in English. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Nephele comes through Ancient Greek Νεφέλη.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 13 girls were recorded with the name Nephele between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2025; its best national rank was #12,812 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Nephele?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 230,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #12,812; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nephele sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nephele. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nepheles were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nephele was born before 2025 — so the typical Nephele is around 0 today.

Median birth year: 2025; About 0 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 13; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (13).

Is Nephele 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: +1,972; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (7)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #12,812; 2025

Spellings of Nephele

Nephele is not the most common spelling — Mechele is, with 51.5% against Nephele's 0.93%.

Mechele51.5%722
Nichele47.6%667
Nephele0.93%13

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.

Nephele around the world

Where Nephele 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 & Wales
2008–2024
#3,016
in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nephele by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #12,812
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #12,812; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 7 that year
First recorded: 2024
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 13
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Nephele

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Nepheli Milele Izabele Ronaele Zenzele Jissele Ramiele Jameele Nephtali Neppie Arasele Nayele Jizele Aracele Raquele Annabele Cecele Lucele Luciele Rechele Chenele Nachele Abriele Anabele

Sibling names for Nephele

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Shyann Sydni Leonor Halie Sydnie Karleigh

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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