Nalayah Girl
How popular is Nalayah?
#3,028 girl name in 2025
54 baby girls were named Nalayah in the US in 2025, making it the 3028th most popular girl name.
Nalayah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,028 for girls (▲ 249 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 54 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+100% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,979 in 2015, #4,004 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (54 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3,028 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 2002 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nalayah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nalayah family of names ranked #1,517 for girls in 2025 (#1,659 the year before), with 103 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nalayah | 54 | 52% |
| Nalaya | 38 | 37% |
| Nalaia | 11 | 11% |
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 Nalayah is most popular
Babies named Nalayah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Nalayah by decade
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Questions
- Is Nalayah a boy or girl name?
- Nalayah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nalayah were girls.
- How popular is the name Nalayah?
- 54 baby girls were named Nalayah in the US in 2025, making it the 3028th most popular girl name.
- When was Nalayah most popular?
- Nalayah peaked in 2025, when 54 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3,028 in 2025.
- How many people are named Nalayah?
- 669 babies have been named Nalayah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 666 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Nalayah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nalayah was most common in North Carolina, at 0.0 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.