Nefi

Boy · recorded 1980–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 2008best year

Most popular in 2008.

Last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Nefi.

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Its story

Popularity since 1980

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 24 recorded years as a table
Nefi, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19803
19853
19903
19913
19934
19944
19975
19984
19993
20005
20015
20034
20046
20053
20064
20086
20094
20103
20123
20133
20154
20173
20193
20213

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Nefi isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021
5
Rank in 2021
#12,146
How rare
1 in 349,896 boys
Since 1980
173

Nefi was last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2008, at 6 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Nefi doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.