Nalah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 60 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
60
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies

Nalah by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Nalah. In the US, 60 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 69 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Nalah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nalah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Nalasuccessful, graceful66 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nailahone who achieves or attains239 in the US (2017)
  • NaliahGod gave me; a form of Natalia21 in the US (2017)
  • Najahsuccess, achievement, prosperity18 in the US (2017)
  • Nylah711 in the US (2017)
  • Nilah61 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Nalah

Names that are said the same way as Nalah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Nahladrink of water, first drink175 in the US (2017)
  • Nailasuccessful or achiever56 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nayla44 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Naylah15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nailea24 in the US (2017)
  • Naylea16 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nalah

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