Nahlia — #12902 US girls' name
232 babies named Nahlia in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 27% of names given to girls today.
65% of everyone ever named Nahlia was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Nahlia in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nahlia
The Social Security Administration has registered 232 babies named Nahlia between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nahlia currently holds the #12902 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nahlia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nahlia 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 Nahlia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nahlia 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 232 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.
Nahlia at a glance
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Current rank
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Nahlia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2011)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #12902 among girls.
232 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 23 births in a single year.
Nahlia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 151 births that decade — 65% of Nahlia's all-time total
Nahlia decade highlights
- Peak decade 151 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nahlia's strongest decade
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Nahlia by state
Where Nahlia concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 232 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 2006–2024 (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.