Girls' name · since 2012
Nahyla
Since 2012, U.S. Social Security records show 17 babies named Nahyla, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #48,005 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
17 girls have been named Nahyla since 2012, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nahyla has been recorded 17 times among girls since 2012, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2018.
- #48,005 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nahyla ranks #48,005 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #48,005 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nahyla's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nahyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nahyla's full recorded timeline at 2018, 35% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 65% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nahyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2018
- Peak year (2012)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Nahyla by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (17 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Nahyla's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Nahyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 17 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nahyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~6 yrs)
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, 2012–2018 (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 Nahyla 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.