Nilah — #4563 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nilah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,380 babies named Nilah between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nilah currently holds the #4563 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 84 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nilah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 710 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Nilah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 69 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Nilah in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nilah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,380 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.