Nehal**
#15,294 most common girls' name of all time · #25,299 across all names · 28% male / 72% female · used 1973–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#15,294
Rank overall
#25,299 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
33 of 146
All-time
279
Since 2016
71
Peak year
2011 #7,915
Best rank
#7,746 1987
Girls
Boys
peak 20/yr
Nehal first appears in 1973. 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 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,383 |
| 2023 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2021 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,426 |
| 2020 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,763 |
| 2019 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,752 |
| 2018 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #11,691 |
| 2017 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,959 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2015 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,338 |
| 2013 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,124 |
| 2011 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #7,915 |
| 2010 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,829 |
| 2008 | 5 | — | 5 | #18,132 |
| 2007 | 6 | — | 6 | #16,004 |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,000 |
| 2004 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,686 |
| 2003 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #10,719 |
| 2002 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #12,610 |
| 2001 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #14,023 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,685 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1998 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #10,464 |
| 1997 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #14,457 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,121 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,753 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1987 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,746 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,283 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,245 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,971 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | — |