Nailea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ny-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,605 for girls
Nailea is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,605th for girls in the US (130 babies).
Where does Nailea come from?
Modern: modern name used mainly in Mexican families
Is Nailea a girl's or a boy's name?
Nailea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 130 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nailea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,605among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 130about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 260% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 130 girls in the US were named Nailea, making it the 1,605th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,450th. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had the most girls named Nailea of any year since it first appeared, in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Nailea in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 139 girls in the US were given Nailea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,348, up from #1,605 for this spelling alone.
- Nailea 130
- Naileah 9
Nailea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 130 | #1,605 |
| 2024 | 113 | #1,779 |
| 2023 | 81 | #2,269 |
| 2022 | 85 | #2,208 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,533 |
| 2020 | 44 | #3,450 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 51 | #3,251 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,157 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 56 | #3,016 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,261 |
| 2003 | 62 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 110 | #1,670 |
| 2001 | 60 | #2,536 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,936 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
Names like Nailea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylani Noa Nalani Kailani Kalani Malani Naylani Alani Meilani Kehlani Kalea Ailany
Other spellings of Nailea
Names related to Nailea
More Modern names
Jayden Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nailea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nailea, updated 20 October 2026.