Naila — #1460 US girls' name
3,117 babies named Naila in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 92% of names given to girls today.
37% of everyone ever named Naila was born in this single decade.
231 babies were named Naila in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naila
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,117 babies named Naila between 1953 and 2024, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Naila currently holds the #1460 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 231 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naila performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,157 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Naila shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 398 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Naila in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naila 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 3,117 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.
Naila at a glance
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Current rank
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Naila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1953
- Peak year (2019)
- 231
- Annual births at peak — across 72 years of records
Currently ranks #1460 among girls.
3,117 total births across 72 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 231 births in a single year.
Naila by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,157 births that decade — 37% of Naila's all-time total
Naila decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,157 births
- Runner-up 759 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Naila's strongest decade
1,157 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Naila by state
Where Naila concentrates geographically — total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 398 | 12.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 394 | 12.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 268 | 8.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 163 | 5.2% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 99 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 79 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 75 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 40 | 1.3% |
398 of 3,117 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.8% of nationwide
- Texas 12.6% of nationwide
- New York 8.6% of nationwide
- Florida 5.2% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Naila appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1953–2024 (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.