Nakaila — girls' name
73 babies named Nakaila in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
71% of everyone ever named Nakaila was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Nakaila in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nakaila
The Social Security Administration has registered 73 babies named Nakaila between 1996 and 2010, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nakaila currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nakaila performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nakaila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nakaila 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 73 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.
Nakaila at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nakaila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1996
- Peak year (2005)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
73 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 10 births in a single year.
Nakaila by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 52 births that decade — 71% of Nakaila's all-time total
Nakaila decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nakaila's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
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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, 1996–2010 (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.