Girls' name · since 2014
Nalyah
Nalyah has 17 recorded births since 2014 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #48,009 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 2014
- 2010s
- peak decade
17 girls have been named Nalyah since 2014, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Nalyah has 17 recorded births among girls since 2014, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2021.
- #48,009 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 2014
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nalyah ranks #48,009 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 2014, peaking in the 2010s.
- #48,009 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 2014
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nalyah's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nalyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nalyah splits its recorded history at 2015: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nalyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2021
- Peak year (2014)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Nalyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).
2010s was Nalyah's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Nalyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Nalyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nalyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2014–2021 (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 Nalyah 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.