How Many People Are Named Nala?
people named Nala are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 56,067 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,138 babies named Nala in Social Security records from 1979 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
428 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "stem" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a king of the Nishadha people in the Hindu epic the 'Mahabharata'.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nala in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nala alive today is about 10 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nala first appears in the records in 1979 and was given most often in 2019, to 428 babies. In 2025, 317 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1979 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nala has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #679, in 2019. In 2025 it ranked #856.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #856 |
| Best rank | #679 (2019) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #950 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nala alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nala were born in California than in any other state: about 569 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nala was given 2 times as often in Georgia, 1.9 times in South Carolina and 1.7 times in Louisiana.
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