Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nilah

#5,586 most common girls' name of all time · #9,472 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1916–2025

Rank among girls
#5,586
Rank overall
#9,472 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
1,420
Since 2016
511
Peak year
2012 #2,239
Best rank
#2,239 2012
Girls Boys peak 84/yr
192019401960198020002020

Nilah first appears in 1916. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 40 — 40 #3,724
2024 30 — 30 #4,581
2023 48 — 48 #3,342
2022 31 — 31 #4,492
2021 46 — 46 #3,398
2020 62 — 62 #2,689
2019 62 — 62 #2,733
2018 60 — 60 #2,814
2017 62 — 62 #2,756
2016 70 — 70 #2,544
2015 71 — 71 #2,535
2014 79 — 79 #2,328
2013 75 — 75 #2,415
2012 84 — 84 #2,239
2011 81 — 81 #2,302
2010 66 — 66 #2,696
2009 58 — 58 #2,970
2008 53 — 53 #3,167
2007 41 — 41 #3,856
2006 32 — 32 #4,478
2005 34 — 34 #4,128
2004 18 — 18 #6,524
2003 20 — 20 #5,836
2002 20 — 20 #5,703
2001 13 — 13 #7,786
2000 14 — 14 #7,211
1999 7 — 7 #11,500
1998 8 — 8 #10,227
1997 5 — 5 #13,932
1996 5 — 5 #13,731
1944 7 — 7 #3,885
1939 5 — 5 #4,618
1938 5 — 5 #4,678
1937 7 — 7 #3,664
1936 6 — 6 #4,016
1935 5 — 5 #4,594
1934 5 — 5 #4,676
1933 11 — 11 #2,658
1929 7 — 7 #3,947
1928 6 — 6 #4,530
1927 7 — 7 #4,163
1926 5 — 5 #5,297
1925 5 — 5 #5,371
1924 7 — 7 #4,305
1922 6 — 6 #4,819
1921 7 — 7 #4,354
1920 5 — 5 #5,435
1919 6 — 6 #4,665
1918 7 — 7 #4,205
1916 6 — 6 #4,380