Naelah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Naelah

The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Naelah between 2009 and 2017, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Naelah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Naelah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Naelah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Naelah 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 12 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.