Nalea — #9294 US girls' name
129 babies named Nalea in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 47% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Nalea was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Nalea in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nalea
The Social Security Administration has registered 129 babies named Nalea between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nalea currently holds the #9294 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nalea performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nalea shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nalea 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 129 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.
Nalea at a glance
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Current rank
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Nalea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2020)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #9294 among girls.
129 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 14 births in a single year.
Nalea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 56 births that decade — 43% of Nalea's all-time total
Nalea decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Nalea's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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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, 2001–2024 (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.