Recorded 2014–2021 Girls' name Peak 2014 17 births

Nalyah — girls' name

17 babies named Nalyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s122020s5
2010s
Peak decade

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

2014
Single peak year

7 babies were named Nalyah in 2014 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nalyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Nalyah between 2014 and 2021, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nalyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

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

No etymological entry is currently available for Nalyah 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.

Nalyah at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

17

Since 2014

8 years of records

Peak year

2014

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

2014

Recorded for 8 years

Last year on file: 2021

Nalyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2014

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2014)
7
Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 202120152014 7

Nalyah 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 Nalyah's all-time total
2010s122020s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nalyah?
17 babies have been named Nalyah since 2014. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2014 with 7 births.
When was Nalyah most popular?
Nalyah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Nalyah been used?
Nalyah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2014, spanning 8 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Nalyah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nalani, Nala, Nallely, Naliyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2014–2021 (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.