Girls' name · since 2007
Naleyah
Since 2007, U.S. Social Security records show 142 babies named Naleyah, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,359 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,783 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Naleyah is the #7783 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 142 recorded since 2007.
Naleyah has 142 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7783 as of the latest data, more common than 55% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #23,359 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,783 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 142 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naleyah ranks #23,359 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,783 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 142 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,359 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,783 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Naleyah's 142 recorded births place it above 67.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Naleyah compares
142 31st 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
Naleyah's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Naleyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 142 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Naleyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Naleyah splits its recorded history at 2017: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Naleyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Naleyah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (69 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Naleyah's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Naleyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 21
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 69 births (49% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Naleyah: 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, 2007–2025 (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 Naleyah 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.