Nephi is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2007 and has grown less common since.
Nephi is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #10,372 for boy births in the United States (and #21,417 across all names), given to 7 babies. Nephi was first reported in SSA data in 1918 and peaked in 2007 (26 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | #10,372 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | #10,601 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | #9,498 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | #11,878 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | #11,728 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | #7,363 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | #10,487 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10 | #7,992 |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 | #8,632 |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 | #10,409 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 | #9,314 |
| 2014 | 13 | 13 | #6,525 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10 | #7,928 |
| 2012 | 13 | 13 | #6,551 |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | #6,158 |
| 2010 | 13 | 13 | #6,604 |
| 2009 | 7 | 7 | #10,645 |
| 2008 | 20 | 20 | #4,848 |
| 2007 | 26 | 26 | #3,972 |
| 2006 | 17 | 17 | #5,239 |
| 2005 | 16 | 16 | #5,207 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | #6,842 |
| 2003 | 14 | 14 | #5,467 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 | #5,633 |
| 2001 | 23 | 23 | #3,691 |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | #5,494 |
| 1999 | 17 | 17 | #4,281 |
| 1998 | 17 | 17 | #4,140 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | #4,867 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | #4,544 |
| 1995 | 13 | — | #4,711 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | #5,345 |
| 1993 | 16 | — | #3,960 |
| 1992 | 13 | — | #4,504 |
| 1991 | 8 | — | #6,347 |
| 1990 | 11 | — | #4,897 |
| 1989 | 20 | — | #3,055 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | #4,673 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #7,780 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | #4,370 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #5,572 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #4,120 |
| 1983 | 14 | — | #3,181 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #5,430 |
| 1981 | 15 | — | #2,992 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | #3,770 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | #3,741 |
| 1978 | 15 | — | #2,883 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | #3,766 |
| 1976 | 13 | — | #3,045 |
| 1975 | 13 | — | #3,025 |
| 1974 | 18 | — | #2,331 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #4,368 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #3,858 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | #3,855 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | #4,110 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | #4,268 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #3,811 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #3,621 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | #3,895 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #4,372 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | #3,613 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | #4,058 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #4,170 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #4,764 |
| 1919 | 12 | — | #2,466 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | #4,610 |