Nylee

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
21
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nylee by the numbers

Nylee was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 26 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Nylee

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nylee. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Nyree25 in the US (2017)
  • Nyalee8 in the US (2017)
  • Nolee7 in the US (2017)
  • Nylie6 in the US (2017)
  • Najeesafe; rescued31 in the US (2017)
  • Nellebright light; diminutive of Helen or Eleanor18 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Nylee

Names that are said the same way as Nylee, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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