Nayla
#1,076 for girls in 2025, 225 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 225 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,579since 1979
Nayla over time
Rank among girls' names. Nayla has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,076 | 225 |
| 2024 | #1,472 | 148 |
| 2023 | #1,339 | 169 |
| 2022 | #1,292 | 183 |
| 2021 | #1,269 | 183 |
| 2020 | #1,291 | 172 |
| 2019 | #1,259 | 184 |
| 2018 | #1,276 | 180 |
| 2017 | #1,436 | 158 |
| 2016 | #1,496 | 152 |
| 2015 | #1,437 | 160 |
| 2014 | #1,706 | 123 |
| 2013 | #1,487 | 149 |
| 2012 | #1,733 | 119 |
| 2011 | #1,715 | 121 |
| 2010 | #1,830 | 111 |
| 2009 | #1,756 | 124 |
| 2008 | #2,206 | 90 |
| 2007 | #2,059 | 99 |
| 2006 | #2,206 | 87 |
| 2005 | #2,379 | 74 |
| 2004 | #2,067 | 88 |
| 2003 | #2,346 | 71 |
| 2002 | #1,984 | 88 |
| 2001 | #2,924 | 49 |
| 2000 | #3,664 | 35 |
| 1999 | #3,099 | 42 |
| 1998 | #3,173 | 39 |
| 1997 | #4,125 | 26 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Nayla! It came in at #9,010, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1980–1981, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Nayla is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#995 · 1 in 6,116
- Pennsylvania#1,100 · 1 in 7,804
- Texas#1,105 · 1 in 6,944
- New York#1,114 · 1 in 7,290
- New Jersey#1,197 · 1 in 7,665
Best ever in a state: #180 in Rhode Island, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #995 | 6 | 1 in 6,116 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,100 | 7 | 1 in 7,804 |
| Texas | #1,105 | 24 | 1 in 6,944 |
| New York | #1,114 | 13 | 1 in 7,290 |
| New Jersey | #1,197 | 5 | 1 in 7,665 |
| Illinois | #1,212 | 8 | 1 in 7,905 |
| Florida | #1,224 | 10 | 1 in 8,233 |
| Georgia | #1,232 | 7 | 1 in 7,246 |
| North Carolina | #1,395 | 5 | 1 in 9,283 |
| California | #2,425 | 9 | 1 in 24,254 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Nayla
- 396 spots since 2024 (#1,472 → #1,076)
- 215 spots since 2020 (#1,291 → #1,076)
- 361 spots since 2015 (#1,437 → #1,076)
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 2025 at #1,076 (225 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 7,143 girls born in 2025 were named Nayla (0.01%)
- 40.7% of all girls named Nayla (1,457) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #9,010 (1979) | #9,010 |
| 1980s | 47 | #6,212 (1983) | #9,238 |
| 1990s | 184 | #3,099 (1999) | #6,479 |
| 2000s | 805 | #1,756 (2009) | #2,359 |
| 2010s | 1,457 | #1,259 (2019) | #1,538 |
| 2020s | 1,080 | #1,076 (2025) | #1,290 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Nayla in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 14,815 of them was named Nayla, which outranked 91.3% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,742Saphira125
- #1,742Vicky125
- #1,742Yvonne125
- #1,756Nayla124
- #1,756Adelle124
- #1,756Adina124
- #1,756Akeelah124
- #1,769Alexi123
- #1,769Aysia123
- #1,769Hattie123
Tied with 12 names at #1,756; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.