Unisex name · since 2020
Nalo
Nalo has 70 recorded births since 2020 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,842 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,388 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 70
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nalo is the #5388 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 70 recorded since 2020.
Social Security Administration records show Nalo recorded 70 times among boys since 2020, holding rank #5388 nationally today, ahead of 61% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2020 to 2025.
- #19,842 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,388 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 70 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nalo ranks #19,842 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,388 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 70 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,842 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,388 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 70
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nalo's 70 recorded births place it above 56.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nalo compares
70 21st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Nalo's all-time total is 81% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nalo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 70 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nalo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nalo's full recorded timeline at 2023, 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 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nalo popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Nalo popularity over time - girls
12 total births recorded since 1971 (Nalo as girls' name)
Nalo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (70 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Nalo's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Nalo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 70 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nalo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~5 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, 2020–2025 (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 Nalo 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.