Nayef
Nayef is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Nayef
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nayef is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Nayef
American parents first put Nayef on the record books as a baby boy name in 2008, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 11 Nayefs were born — ranking #7,134 that year. About 63% of every Nayef on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Nayef last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 104 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Nayef
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Names that sound like Nayef
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About the name Nayef
Nayef is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2008 and has accumulated 104 births in the dataset. Nayef's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #7,134. Use the chart and map above to compare Nayef's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.