Nalayah — #3309 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nalayah

The Social Security Administration has registered 615 babies named Nalayah between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nalayah currently holds the #3309 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 52 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nalayah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 312 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nalayah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Nalayah in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nalayah 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 615 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.