How Many People Are Named Nilah?
people named Nilah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 262,104 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,420 babies named Nilah in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
84 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nilah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nilah alive today is about 13 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 16 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nilah first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 2012, to 84 babies. In 2025, 40 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nilah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,259, in 2012. In 2025 it ranked #3,756.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,756 |
| Best rank | #2,259 (2012) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,527 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nilah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nilah were born in California than in any other state: about 68 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nilah was given 2.9 times as often in New York and 1.3 times in California.
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