Girls' name · since 1918
Nihla
Nihla has 30 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1935 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,032 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1918
- 1930s
- peak decade
Nihla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 30 recorded since 1918.
Nihla has 30 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2011.
- #41,032 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1918
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nihla ranks #41,032 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1918, peaking in the 1930s.
- #41,032 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1918
- 1930s
- peak decade
Nihla's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nihla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nihla's SSA record in two at 1935 and the more recent half accounts for 77% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 23%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 1935 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nihla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2011
- Peak year (1935)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 94 years of records
Nihla by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (13 births, 43% of the file).
1930s was Nihla's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Nihla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
7 births
- 1930s
1930s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 13 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Nihla's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 2010s (10) -- 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 Nihla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1935)
Similar record span (~93 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, 1918–2011 (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 Nihla 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.