Girls' name · since 2010
Naledi
65 babies named Naledi in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,990 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,932 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 65
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Naledi is the #9932 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 65 recorded since 2010.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naledi has been recorded 65 times among girls since 2010, currently ranked #9932 nationally and more common than 43% 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 2010 to 2025.
- #31,990 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,932 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 65 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naledi ranks #31,990 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,932 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 65 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,990 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,932 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 65
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Naledi's 65 recorded births place it above 55.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Naledi compares
65 19th 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
Naledi's all-time total is 83% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Naledi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 65 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Naledi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Naledi splits its recorded history at 2020: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Naledi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Naledi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (36 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Naledi's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Naledi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
- 2020s
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 36 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Naledi: 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, 2010–2025 (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 Naledi 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.