Nahla Girl
How popular is Nahla?
#2,822 girl name in 2025
60 baby girls were named Nahla in the US in 2025, making it the 2822nd most popular girl name.
Nahla popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,822 for girls (▼ 161 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 60 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-70% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,239 in 2015, #1,389 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (306 girls) |
| Highest rank | #861 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1977 |
| 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 |
Nahla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nala family of names ranked #664 for girls in 2025 (#591 the year before), with 408 babies in all.
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 Nahla is most popular
Babies named Nahla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (35 girls)
Nahla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1980s | 14 | #7,396 |
| 1990s | 58 | #6,830 |
| 2000s | 364 | #1,426 |
| 2010s | 2,129 | #861 |
| 2020s | 666 | #1,249 |
Girl names about as popular as Nahla
Questions
- Is Nahla a boy or girl name?
- Nahla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nahla were girls.
- How popular is the name Nahla?
- 60 baby girls were named Nahla in the US in 2025, making it the 2822nd most popular girl name.
- When was Nahla most popular?
- Nahla peaked in 2011, when 306 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #861 in 2011.
- How many people are named Nahla?
- 3,236 babies have been named Nahla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,216 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Nahla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nahla was most common in North Carolina, at 0.2 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.