Girls' name · since 2019
Nalaia
Since 2019, U.S. Social Security records show 75 babies named Nalaia, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,371 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,396 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
75 babies have been named Nalaia since 2019, making it today's #9396 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nalaia has been recorded 75 times among girls since 2019, currently ranked #9396 nationally and more common than 46% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2025.
- #30,371 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,396 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 75 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nalaia ranks #30,371 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,396 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 75 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #30,371 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,396 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nalaia's 75 recorded births place it above 57.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nalaia compares
75 21st 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
Nalaia's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nalaia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 75 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nalaia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nalaia's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2023, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nalaia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Nalaia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (63 births, 84% of the file).
2020s was Nalaia's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Nalaia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 63 births (84% 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, 2019–2025 (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 Nalaia 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.