Nailah Girl
How popular is Nailah?
#1,818 girl name in 2025
110 baby girls were named Nailah in the US in 2025, making it the 1818th most popular girl name.
Nailah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,818 for girls (▼ 22 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 110 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,437 in 2015, #1,227 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (256 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,014 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nailah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nayla family of names ranked #573 for girls in 2025 (#630 the year before), with 493 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Nailah is most popular
Babies named Nailah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (64 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Nailah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 138 | #2,908 |
| 1980s | 206 | #2,940 |
| 1990s | 592 | #1,783 |
| 2000s | 1,212 | #1,444 |
| 2010s | 1,866 | #1,014 |
| 2020s | 834 | #1,227 |
Girl names about as popular as Nailah
Questions
- Is Nailah a boy or girl name?
- Nailah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nailah were girls.
- How popular is the name Nailah?
- 110 baby girls were named Nailah in the US in 2025, making it the 1818th most popular girl name.
- When was Nailah most popular?
- Nailah peaked in 2018, when 256 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,014 in 2018.
- How many people are named Nailah?
- 4,848 babies have been named Nailah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,802 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Nailah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nailah was most common in Georgia, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.