Unisex name · since 2001
Nalu
Nalu has 178 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,686 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,775 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nalu is the #5775 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 178 recorded since 2001.
Nalu has 178 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5775 as of the latest data, more common than 59% of boys, 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 2001 to 2025.
- #13,686 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,775 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 178 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nalu ranks #13,686 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,775 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 178 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,686 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,775 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nalu's 178 recorded births place it above 69.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Hawaii.
How Nalu compares
178 36th 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
Nalu's all-time total is 52% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nalu | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 178 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Nalu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nalu splits its recorded history at 2016: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nalu popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Nalu popularity over time - girls
40 total births recorded since 2020 (Nalu as girls' name)
Nalu by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (77 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Nalu's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Nalu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
- 2020s
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 77 births (43% of all-time use).
Nalu by state
Where Nalu concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 32 | 18.0% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 2.8% |
32 of 178 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Hawaii records the most Nalus (32 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Hawaii names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nalu: 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 (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Nalu 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.