Nalee — girls' name
76 babies named Nalee in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Nalee was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Nalee in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nalee
The Social Security Administration has registered 76 babies named Nalee between 1981 and 2016, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nalee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nalee performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nalee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Nalee in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nalee 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 76 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.
Nalee at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nalee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1981
- Peak year (1988)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
76 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 12 births in a single year.
Nalee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 31 births that decade — 41% of Nalee's all-time total
Nalee decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nalee's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Nalee by state
Where Nalee concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 6.6% |
| #2 | Wisconsin | | 5 | 6.6% |
5 of 76 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.6% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 6.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1981–2016 (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.