Recorded 2018–2020 Boys' name Peak 2018 17 births

Nalij — boys' name

17 babies named Nalij in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s122020s5
2010s
Peak decade

71% of everyone ever named Nalij was born in this single decade.

2018
Single peak year

7 babies were named Nalij in 2018 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nalij

The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Nalij between 2018 and 2020, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nalij currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nalij performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nalij shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nalij 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 17 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.

Nalij at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

17

Since 2018

3 years of records

Peak year

2018

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

2018

Recorded for 3 years

Last year on file: 2020

Nalij popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2018

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2018)
7
Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 202020192018 7

Nalij by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
12 births that decade — 71% of Nalij's all-time total
2010s122020s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nalij?
17 babies have been named Nalij since 2018. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2018 with 7 births.
When was Nalij most popular?
Nalij was most popular in the 2010s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Nalij been used?
Nalij has been recorded in Social Security data since 2018, spanning 3 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Nalij?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nalin, Nalu, Nalan, Nalo, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2018–2020 (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.