Nala
#2,192 most common girls' name of all time · #3,728 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1979–2025
Rank among girls
#2,192
Rank overall
#3,728 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
33 of 146
All-time
6,138
Since 2016
3,683
Peak year
2019 #677
Best rank
#677 2019
Girls
Boys
peak 428/yr
Nala first appears in 1979. 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 | 317 | — | 317 | #856 |
| 2024 | 375 | — | 375 | #754 |
| 2023 | 320 | — | 320 | #845 |
| 2022 | 351 | — | 351 | #804 |
| 2021 | 385 | — | 385 | #742 |
| 2020 | 406 | — | 406 | #695 |
| 2019 | 428 | — | 428 | #677 |
| 2018 | 374 | — | 374 | #742 |
| 2017 | 362 | — | 362 | #767 |
| 2016 | 365 | — | 365 | #777 |
| 2015 | 286 | — | 286 | #951 |
| 2014 | 267 | — | 267 | #995 |
| 2013 | 234 | — | 234 | #1,065 |
| 2012 | 238 | — | 238 | #1,057 |
| 2011 | 158 | — | 158 | #1,436 |
| 2010 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,692 |
| 2009 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,896 |
| 2008 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,820 |
| 2007 | 92 | — | 92 | #2,173 |
| 2006 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,969 |
| 2005 | 71 | — | 71 | #2,471 |
| 2004 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,987 |
| 2003 | 78 | — | 78 | #2,220 |
| 2002 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,049 |
| 2001 | 56 | — | 56 | #2,689 |
| 2000 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,844 |
| 1999 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,727 |
| 1998 | 54 | — | 54 | #2,561 |
| 1997 | 55 | — | 55 | #2,413 |
| 1996 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,505 |
| 1995 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,727 |
| 1994 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,349 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,806 |