Girls' name · since 1982
Nalia
Nalia has 853 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,386 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,322 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 853
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nalia currently ranks #3322 among girls' names in America, with 853 babies recorded since 1982.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nalia has been recorded 853 times among girls since 1982, currently ranked #3322 nationally and more common than 81% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #8,386 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,322 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 853 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nalia ranks #8,386 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,322 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 853 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,386 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,322 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 853
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nalia's 853 recorded births place it above 88.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Nalia compares
853 Top 35% higher than 65% of 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
Nalia's all-time total is 127% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nalia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 853 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 47 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nalia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nalia's full recorded timeline at 2011, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 47 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nalia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 47
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Nalia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (360 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Nalia's strongest decade.
360 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Nalia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
202 births
- 2010s
2010s
360 births
- 2020s
2020s
267 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 360 births (42% of all-time use).
How Nalia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Nalia's total volume
Nalia by state
Where Nalia concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 72 | 8.4% |
| #2 | Florida | | 29 | 3.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 23 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 13 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Hawaii | | 5 | 0.6% |
72 of 853 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Nalia's data
- Nalia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (360 total births) through the 2020s (267) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Nalias (72 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 Nalia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
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, 1982–2025 (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 Nalia 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.