Nahal — girls' name

What the Data Says About Nahal

The Social Security Administration has registered 85 babies named Nahal between 1979 and 2022, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nahal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nahal performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nahal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nahal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nahal 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 85 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.