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Nahla

Recorded 1977–2025 · United States

Nahla was most popular in 2011, when 306 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,595 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,960, with 60 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,236 people named Nahla.

Most popular in2011
Rank that year#1,595
Births that year306
Total since 18803,236
Given to100% girls
Alive today~3,000
Median age12

Nahla over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Nahla’s peak in 2011. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Nahla?

Nahla first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1977, which makes it about 48 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 35 of the 49 years since.

How many people are named Nahla?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,236 American births named Nahla between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,212 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Nahla in 2025?

60 American babies were named Nahla in 2025, ranking #4,960 that year.

Is Nahla getting more or less popular?

Nahla is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 102 births a year, against 248 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -59% over the decade.

Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.

Is Nahla a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Nahla is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,236 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Nahla?

Roughly 3,212 Americans named Nahla are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 8 and 15. That is a narrow band because Nahla is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Nahla is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org