Girls' name · since 2018
Nalaiya
38 babies named Nalaiya in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,255 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,583 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nalaiya is the #14583 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 38 recorded since 2018.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nalaiya has been recorded 38 times among girls since 2018, currently ranked #14583 nationally and more common than 16% 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 2018 to 2025.
- #38,255 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,583 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 38 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nalaiya ranks #38,255 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,583 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 38 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #38,255 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,583 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nalaiya's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nalaiya compares
38 13th 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
Nalaiya's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nalaiya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 38 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nalaiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nalaiya's full recorded timeline at 2023, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nalaiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Nalaiya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (25 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Nalaiya's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Nalaiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 25 births (66% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nalaiya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
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, 2018–2025 (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 Nalaiya 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.