Girls' name · since 2001
Nayela
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 75 babies named Nayela, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,374 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,950 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nayela currently ranks #15950 among girls' names in America, with 75 babies recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Nayela recorded 75 times among girls since 2001, holding rank #15950 nationally today, ahead of 8% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #30,374 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,950 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 75 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nayela ranks #30,374 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,950 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 75 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,374 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,950 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nayela's 75 recorded births place it above 57.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nayela compares
75 21st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Nayela's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nayela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 75 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nayela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nayela's full recorded timeline at 2015, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nayela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Nayela by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (44 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Nayela's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Nayela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 44 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Nayela's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (44 total births) through the 2020s (21) -- 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 Nayela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
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 Nayela 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.