Nilah
- #3,712 for girls in 2025, 40 births
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 84 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,420since 1916
Nilah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Nilah has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #3,712 | 40 |
| 2024 | #4,560 | 30 |
| 2023 | #3,329 | 48 |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 |
| 2021 | #3,390 | 46 |
| 2020 | #2,682 | 62 |
| 2019 | #2,729 | 62 |
| 2018 | #2,810 | 60 |
| 2017 | #2,744 | 62 |
| 2016 | #2,539 | 70 |
| 2015 | #2,524 | 71 |
| 2014 | #2,323 | 79 |
| 2013 | #2,408 | 75 |
| 2012 | #2,232 | 84 |
| 2011 | #2,298 | 81 |
| 2010 | #2,691 | 66 |
| 2009 | #2,966 | 58 |
| 2008 | #3,158 | 53 |
| 2007 | #3,848 | 41 |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 |
| 2005 | #4,118 | 34 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
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| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
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| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 |
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| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 |
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| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 |
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| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five girls were named Nilah! It came in at #3,919, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Nilah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Nilah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Nilah
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 848 spots since 2024 (#4,560 → #3,712)
- 1,030 spots since 2020 (#2,682 → #3,712)
Rise & fade · girls
96 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 2012 at #2,232 (84 births)
- Births halved by 2022, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 20,965
- Highest: 1 in 20,965 girls born in 2012 were named Nilah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 40,182 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 50.0% of all girls named Nilah (710) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | #3,869 (1918) | #4,013 |
| 1920s | 55 | #3,682 (1929) | #4,336 |
| 1930s | 44 | #2,540 (1933) | #3,822 |
| 1940s | 7 | #3,687 (1944) | #3,687 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 25 | #10,122 (1998) | #12,187 |
| 2000s | 303 | #2,966 (2009) | #5,139 |
| 2010s | 710 | #2,232 (2012) | #2,530 |
| 2020s | 257 | #2,682 (2020) | #3,691 |
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.
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