Girls' name · since 1996
Naylah
Naylah has 674 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,758 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,749 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 674
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Naylah currently ranks #3749 among girls' names in America, with 674 babies recorded since 1996.
Naylah has 674 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3749 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of girls, 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 1996 to 2025.
- #9,758 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,749 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 674 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naylah ranks #9,758 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,749 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 674 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,758 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,749 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 674
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Naylah's 674 recorded births place it above 86.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Naylah compares
674 Top 39% higher than 61% 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
Naylah's all-time total is 79% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Naylah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 674 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 21 | 19,840 |
Naylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Naylah's full recorded timeline at 2013, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 49 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Naylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Naylah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (354 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Naylah's strongest decade.
354 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Naylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 112
2000s
112 births
- 2010s
2010s
354 births
- 2020s
2020s
203 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 354 births (53% of all-time use).
How Naylah 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 Naylah's total volume
Naylah by state
Where Naylah concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 59 | 8.8% |
| #2 | California | | 40 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 32 | 4.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 22 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.7% |
59 of 674 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Naylah's data
- Naylah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (354 total births) through the 2020s (203) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Naylahs (59 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Naylah: 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 (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Naylah 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.