Nuala — #7293 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nuala

The Social Security Administration has registered 356 babies named Nuala between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nuala currently holds the #7293 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nuala performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Nuala shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nuala in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nuala 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 356 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.