Nilah Girl
How popular is Nilah?
#3,711 girl name in 2025
40 baby girls were named Nilah in the US in 2025, making it the 3711th most popular girl name.
Nilah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,711 for girls (▲ 847 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 40 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,524 in 2015, #2,682 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (84 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,232 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1916 |
| 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 |
Nilah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nyla family of names ranked #163 for girls in 2025 (#160 the year before), with 2,061 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 Nilah is most popular
Babies named Nilah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Tennessee: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Nilah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | #3,867 |
| 1920s | 55 | #3,680 |
| 1930s | 44 | #2,539 |
| 1940s | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1990s | 25 | #10,116 |
| 2000s | 303 | #2,965 |
| 2010s | 710 | #2,232 |
| 2020s | 257 | #2,682 |
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Questions
- Is Nilah a boy or girl name?
- Nilah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nilah were girls.
- How popular is the name Nilah?
- 40 baby girls were named Nilah in the US in 2025, making it the 3711th most popular girl name.
- When was Nilah most popular?
- Nilah peaked in 2012, when 84 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,232 in 2012.
- How many people are named Nilah?
- 1,420 babies have been named Nilah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,308 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Nilah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nilah was most common in Tennessee, at 0.0 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.