NameTides

Nahla

Nahla was the #2,822 girls' name in the US in 2025 (60 babies), and #1,584 in England & Wales and #1,668 in Canada.

Nahla as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nahla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Nahla as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,822 (60)#1,584 (19)——#1,668 (14)
2024#2,661 (65)#1,895 (15)——#2,259 (9)
2023#2,269 (81)#2,201 (12)——#2,900 (6)
2022#1,782 (115)#1,023 (33)——#1,550 (14)
2021#1,249 (188)#901 (39)—#764 (4)#2,021 (10)
2020#1,389 (157)#969 (35)——#1,295 (18)
2019#1,648 (128)#1,292 (25)——#1,283 (19)
2018#1,540 (141)#920 (40)——#1,996 (10)
2017#1,321 (176)#836 (46)——#1,230 (20)
2016#1,224 (201)#768 (51)——#1,335 (18)
2015#1,239 (197)#819 (46)——#1,202 (20)
2014#1,205 (202)#1,040 (34)——#1,340 (18)
2013#974 (258)#1,177 (29)#816 (3)—#1,091 (23)
2012#922 (279)#1,253 (26)——#771 (36)
2011#861 (306)#1,438 (21)——#776 (35)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #861.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 27,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 27,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nahla is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 41,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 31,000 to 1 in 55,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nahla by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,487CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Nahla (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NahlaCanadaGirls#1,66814
NahlaEngland & WalesGirls#1,58419
NahlaIrelandGirls—too few
NahlaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NahlaScotlandGirls—too few
NahlaUSGirls#2,82260