Girls' name · since 2006
Nahia
Nahia has 430 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,955 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,334 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 430
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nahia is the #3334 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 430 recorded since 2006.
Nahia has 430 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3334 as of the latest data, more common than 81% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #12,955 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,334 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 430 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nahia ranks #12,955 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,334 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 430 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,955 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,334 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 430
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nahia's 430 recorded births place it above 82.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Nahia compares
430 Top 48% higher than 52% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nahia's all-time total is 14% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nahia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 430 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 58 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nahia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nahia splits its recorded history at 2017: 77% of all births land in the more recent half, 23% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 58 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nahia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 58
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Nahia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (267 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Nahia's strongest decade.
267 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Nahia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
151 births
- 2020s
2020s
267 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 267 births (62% of all-time use).
Nahia by state
Where Nahia concentrates geographically, total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 54 | 12.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 49 | 11.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 15 | 3.5% |
| #4 | California | | 11 | 2.6% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 11 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 6 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.2% |
54 of 430 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Florida records the most Nahias (54 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nahia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2006–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nahia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.