Nalea

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nalea by the numbers

Nalea was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Nalea

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 Nalea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Nalasuccessful, graceful66 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Naneafamous, celebrated11 in the US (2017)
  • Nalia36 in the US (2017)
  • Nailea24 in the US (2017)
  • Naleah20 in the US (2017)
  • Naylea16 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Nalea

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

  • Nailahone who achieves or attains239 in the US (2017)
  • Nahladrink of water, first drink175 in the US (2017)
  • Nailasuccessful or achiever56 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nayla44 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nalah60 in the US (2017)
  • Naylah15 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Nalea

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