Nalah — #4333 US girls' name
970 babies named Nalah in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 75% of names given to girls today.
57% of everyone ever named Nalah was born in this single decade.
78 babies were named Nalah in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nalah
The Social Security Administration has registered 970 babies named Nalah between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nalah currently holds the #4333 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 78 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nalah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 555 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nalah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 85 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Nalah in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nalah 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 970 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.
Nalah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Nalah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2020)
- 78
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #4333 among girls.
970 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 78 births in a single year.
Nalah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 555 births that decade — 57% of Nalah's all-time total
Nalah decade highlights
- Peak decade 555 births
- Runner-up 271 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nalah's strongest decade
555 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Nalah by state
Where Nalah concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 85 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 56 | 5.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 37 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 36 | 3.7% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 12 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.5% |
85 of 970 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.8% of nationwide
- Texas 5.8% of nationwide
- New York 3.8% of nationwide
- Florida 3.7% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Nalah appears in 10 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, 1995–2024 (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.