Nalayah
Nalayah was the 3062nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 54 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,021 places. More babies were named Nalayah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,062 girls, up 997 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 54girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202554 babies
- Total since 1880
- 669babies recorded
Nalayah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #3,062 | 54 |
| 2020 | #4,059 | 35 |
| 2010 | #9,088 | 13 |
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How popular is Nalayah, counting every spelling?
Nalayah is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,351 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,062 for Nalayah on its own. Together these spellings went to 147 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nalayah | 54 | #3,062 | 245 |
| Nalaya | 38 | #3,882 | 189 |
| Naleia | 39 | #3,818 | 118 |
| Nalaia | 11 | #9,281 | 51 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Nalayah?
54 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nalayah (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nalayah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 155 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nalayah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nalayah?
About 700 people born in the US named Nalayah are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 13. That makes Nalayah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Nalayah by state
How common Nalayah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Nalayah
How popular is the name Nalayah?
Nalayah was the 3062nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 54 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,021 places. More babies were named Nalayah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Nalayah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Nalayah in the US.
Where is Nalayah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nalayah was most common in North Carolina (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Georgia.