Boy’s name · Arabic

Nahyl

How to say it: na-EEL · /naˈil/

From Arabic na'il meaning 'generous, winner' - variant spelling popular in France and Maghreb.

Nahyl was the 12,146th most popular boys’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 0 babies (Social Security Administration). Its busiest decade was the 1870s, its births are up 2.0-fold in ten years, and it is projected to rise to #10,873 by 2030.

Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · Insee 2025 data, published July 2026 · How we compute these figures

#12,146for boys in 2025
1 in 663,068US babies
0born in 2025
#10,873projected for 2030
1870sits peak decade
under 1 in 200chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Nahyl
Rank among boys’ names, 2025#12,146
Babies born in 20250
Share of births1 in 663,068
Peak decade1870s
Change over 10 years×2.0
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#10,873
In France, 2025#94 among boys’ names, 290 births

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Nahyl peaked in the 1870s and is less common today.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 1 per million births, 1870s.

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Nicknames

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Honouring a Nahyl in the family

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Nahyl is about under 1 in 200.

Around the world

This spelling is used in Arabic, French.

In France: #94 for boys in 2025.

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