Naileah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ny-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Naileah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Naileah come from?
Modern: spelling of Nailea; modern name used mainly in Mexican families
Meaning borrowed from Nailea.
Is Naileah a girl's or a boy's name?
Naileah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naileah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Naileah, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had fewer girls named Naileah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Naileah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 139 girls in the US were given Naileah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,348, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
- Nailea 130
- Naileah 9
Naileah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
Names like Naileah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Zaliyah, Kamiyah, Naziyah, Jaliyah, Zariah, Naylani, Ailany, Amoura, Kehlani, Alaiyah
Other spellings of Naileah
Names related to Naileah
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, “Naileah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naileah, updated 20 October 2026.