Nalaya Girl
How popular is Nalaya?
#3,831 girl name in 2025
38 baby girls were named Nalaya in the US in 2025, making it the 3831st most popular girl name.
Nalaya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,831 for girls (▲ 282 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 38 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+73% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,831 in 2015, #3,546 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (49 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3,250 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 2002 |
| 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 |
Nalaya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nalayah family of names ranked #1,517 for girls in 2025 (#1,659 the year before), with 103 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nalayah | 54 | 52% |
| Nalaya | 38 | 37% |
| Nalaia | 11 | 11% |
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 Nalaya is most popular
Babies named Nalaya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Nalaya by decade
Girl names about as popular as Nalaya
Questions
- Is Nalaya a boy or girl name?
- Nalaya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nalaya were girls.
- How popular is the name Nalaya?
- 38 baby girls were named Nalaya in the US in 2025, making it the 3831st most popular girl name.
- When was Nalaya most popular?
- Nalaya peaked in 2021, when 49 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3,250 in 2021.
- How many people are named Nalaya?
- 617 babies have been named Nalaya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 614 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Nalaya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nalaya was most common in South Carolina, at 0.1 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.