Girls' name · since 2017

Naleya

Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 82 babies named Naleya, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#29,386 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,532 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
82
born since 2017
2020s
peak decade

Naleya currently ranks #6532 among girls' names in America, with 82 babies recorded since 2017.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naleya has been recorded 82 times among girls since 2017, currently ranked #6532 nationally and more common than 62% 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 2017 to 2025.

  • #29,386 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #6,532 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 82 born since 2017
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naleya ranks #29,386 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,532 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 82 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.

#29,386 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,532 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
82
born since 2017
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%62.2%
Naleya vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Naleya's 82 recorded births place it above 59.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Naleya compares

82 22nd 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

Naleya's all-time total is 78% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Naleya Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 82 376 567,345
Peak-year births 21 21 19,840

Naleya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Naleya's full recorded timeline at 2021, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Naleya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2020)
21
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
0510152025 2017201920202021202220242025 18

Naleya by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (66 births, 80% of the file).

2020s was Naleya's strongest decade.

66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.

Naleya births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 66 births (80% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Naleya by state

Where Naleya concentrates geographically, total births since 2017

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Naleya
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
12 14.6%
California share of Naleya's total US births 14.6%

12 of 82 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Naleya?
Naleya has been given to 82 babies in the U.S. since 2017, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #29,386 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #6,532 of 17,297. 21 babies were born in 2020, its single highest year.
Where does Naleya sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naleya ranks #29,386 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,532 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Naleya most popular?
Naleya was most popular in the 2020s decade with 66 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
Where is Naleya most popular?
The top states for the name Naleya are California (12 births).
How long has the name Naleya been used?
The SSA has tracked Naleya since 2017 -- 9 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Naleya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nalani, Nala, Nallely, Naliyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Naleya's data

  • California records the most Naleyas (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Naleya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2017–2025 (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 Naleya 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.