Nailah
#2,527 most common girls' name of all time · #4,295 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1971–2025
Rank among girls
#2,527
Rank overall
#4,295 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
4,848
Since 2016
1,719
Peak year
2018 #1,016
Best rank
#1,016 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 256/yr
Nailah first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,824 |
| 2024 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,805 |
| 2023 | 122 | — | 122 | #1,697 |
| 2022 | 140 | — | 140 | #1,535 |
| 2021 | 164 | — | 164 | #1,351 |
| 2020 | 186 | — | 186 | #1,229 |
| 2019 | 231 | — | 231 | #1,085 |
| 2018 | 256 | — | 256 | #1,016 |
| 2017 | 239 | — | 239 | #1,070 |
| 2016 | 159 | — | 159 | #1,453 |
| 2015 | 160 | — | 160 | #1,442 |
| 2014 | 150 | — | 150 | #1,491 |
| 2013 | 179 | — | 179 | #1,316 |
| 2012 | 171 | — | 171 | #1,369 |
| 2011 | 171 | — | 171 | #1,350 |
| 2010 | 150 | — | 150 | #1,498 |
| 2009 | 140 | — | 140 | #1,607 |
| 2008 | 144 | — | 144 | #1,586 |
| 2007 | 137 | — | 137 | #1,629 |
| 2006 | 155 | — | 155 | #1,446 |
| 2005 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,537 |
| 2004 | 137 | — | 137 | #1,474 |
| 2003 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,975 |
| 2002 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,994 |
| 2001 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,950 |
| 2000 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,814 |
| 1999 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,797 |
| 1998 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,823 |
| 1997 | 70 | — | 70 | #2,037 |
| 1996 | 64 | — | 64 | #2,143 |
| 1995 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,932 |
| 1994 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,199 |
| 1993 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,658 |
| 1992 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,758 |
| 1991 | 26 | — | 26 | #4,016 |
| 1990 | 35 | — | 35 | #3,206 |
| 1989 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,871 |
| 1988 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,129 |
| 1987 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,825 |
| 1986 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,674 |
| 1985 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,707 |
| 1984 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,139 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,836 |
| 1982 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,315 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,297 |
| 1980 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,990 |
| 1979 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,764 |
| 1978 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,055 |
| 1977 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,988 |
| 1976 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,941 |
| 1975 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,936 |
| 1974 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,987 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,570 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,509 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,491 |