Naailah — girls' name
22 babies named Naailah in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Naailah was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Naailah in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naailah
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Naailah between 2000 and 2017, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Naailah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naailah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Naailah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Naailah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naailah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 22 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Naailah at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Naailah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2000
- Peak year (2000)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
22 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 6 births in a single year.
Naailah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 11 births that decade — 50% of Naailah's all-time total
Naailah decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Naailah's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Naailah by state
Where Naailah concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 22.7% |
5 of 22 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 22.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 22.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.