Girls' name · since 1971
Nilaja
Since 1971, U.S. Social Security records show 51 babies named Nilaja, peaking in 1991. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,851 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nilaja sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 51 recorded since 1971.
Nilaja has 51 recorded births among girls since 1971, 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 1971 to 2008.
- #34,851 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 51 born since 1971
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nilaja ranks #34,851 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 51 born since 1971, peaking in the 2000s.
- #34,851 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nilaja's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nilaja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nilaja's full recorded timeline at 1992, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nilaja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2008
- Peak year (1991)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Nilaja by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (19 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Nilaja's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Nilaja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 19 births (37% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nilaja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1971–2008 (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 Nilaja 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.