How Many People Are Named Nailah?
people named Nailah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 71,279 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,848 babies named Nailah in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
256 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nailah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nailah alive today is about 16 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nailah first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2018, to 256 babies. In 2025, 110 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nailah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,016, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #1,829.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,829 |
| Best rank | #1,016 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,283 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nailah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nailah were born in New York than in any other state: about 609 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nailah was given 3.1 times as often in New York, 2.6 times in Georgia and 2 times in New Jersey.
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