Girls' name · since 2018
Nalaiah
Since 2018, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Nalaiah, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #50,025 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
15 girls have been named Nalaiah since 2018, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nalaiah has 15 recorded births among girls since 2018, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2023.
- #50,025 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nalaiah ranks #50,025 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #50,025 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nalaiah's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nalaiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nalaiah's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nalaiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2023
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Nalaiah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (9 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Nalaiah's strongest decade.
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Nalaiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 9 births (60% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nalaiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2018–2023 (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 Nalaiah 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.