Girls' name · since 1979
Nayla
Nayla has 3,579 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,204 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,079 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,579
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
3,579 babies have been named Nayla since 1979, making it today's #1079 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nayla has been recorded 3,579 times among girls since 1979, currently ranked #1079 nationally and more common than 94% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #3,204 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,079 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,579 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nayla ranks #3,204 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,079 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,579 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,204 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,079 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,579
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nayla's 3,579 recorded births place it above 95.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Nayla compares
3,579 Top 17% higher than 83% of 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
Nayla's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nayla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,579 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 225 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nayla's full recorded timeline at 2004, 87% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 13% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 225 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 225
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Nayla by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,457 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Nayla's strongest decade.
1,457 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Nayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 47
1980s
47 births
- 1990s 184
1990s
184 births
- 2000s
2000s
805 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,457 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,080 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,457 births (41% of all-time use).
How Nayla compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Nayla's total volume
Nayla by state
Where Nayla concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 559 | 15.6% |
| #2 | California | | 445 | 12.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 330 | 9.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 304 | 8.5% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 132 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 100 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 95 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 84 | 2.3% |
559 of 3,579 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Nayla appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Nayla's data
- Nayla's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,457 total births) through the 2020s (1,080) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Naylas (559 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nayla: 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 (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Nayla 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.