Girls' name · since 2001
Nairah
Nairah has 71 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,989 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,825 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 71
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nairah is the #9825 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 71 recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Nairah recorded 71 times among girls since 2001, holding rank #9825 nationally today, ahead of 43% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #30,989 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,825 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 71 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nairah ranks #30,989 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,825 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 71 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #30,989 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,825 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 71
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nairah's 71 recorded births place it above 57.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nairah compares
71 20th percentile among 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
Nairah's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nairah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 71 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nairah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nairah splits its recorded history at 2017: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nairah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Nairah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (28 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Nairah's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Nairah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 28 births (39% of all-time use).
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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, 2001–2025 (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 Nairah 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.