Nala
Nala is ranked 752nd among girls in 2024 (374 births). Its best rank was 679th, in 2019.
- Rank in 2024
- #752up 94 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3740.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 2019428 births
- Best rank
- #679in 2019
- Since 1979
- 5,815people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,815 girls have been named Nala in the United States since 1979, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 428 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago (rank 994 → 752).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 49%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2019, its biggest year
Nala was the 679th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2019 were Olivia, Emma, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Nala
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Liahpeak 2018
- Annaliapeak 2021
- Laikynpeak 2018
- Maylapeak 2024
- Sailorpeak 2016
- Journiepeak 2021
- Aryahpeak 2019
- Mayziepeak 2024
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.