Nalina — #10484 US girls' name
153 babies named Nalina in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Nalina was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Nalina in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nalina
The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Nalina between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nalina currently holds the #10484 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nalina performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nalina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nalina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nalina 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 153 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.
Nalina at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Nalina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1981
- Peak year (2014)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
Currently ranks #10484 among girls.
153 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 13 births in a single year.
Nalina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 70 births that decade — 46% of Nalina's all-time total
Nalina decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nalina's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Nalina by state
Where Nalina concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.3% |
5 of 153 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.3% 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, 1981–2024 (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.