Girls' name · since 1982
Nejla
Nejla has 156 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,374 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 156
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nejla is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 156 have been recorded since 1982.
Nejla has 156 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2024.
- #22,374 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 156 born since 1982
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nejla ranks #22,374 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 156 born since 1982, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,374 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 156
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nejla's 156 recorded births place it above 69.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nejla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nejla's full recorded timeline at 2010, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nejla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2024
- Peak year (2009)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Nejla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (72 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Nejla's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Nejla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 72 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Nejla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nejla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1982–2024 (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 Nejla 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.