Nalaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nuh-LAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,831 for girls
Nalaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).
Where does Nalaya come from?
Modern: spelling of Nalayah; modern elaboration of Nala with the -ayah ending
Meaning borrowed from Nalayah.
Is Nalaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Nalaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nalaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,831st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38 about 1 in 42,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Nalaya, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,546th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Nalaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 92 girls in the US were given Nalaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,800, up from #3,831 for this spelling alone.
- Nalayah 54
- Nalaya 38
Nalaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 49 | #3,250 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,546 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
Nicknames for Nalaya
- Nala 69 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Nalaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Amoura, Kaliyah, Alaya, Zaliyah, Jaliyah, Zaya, Zayla, Kamiyah, Naziyah, Amaya, Inaya
Other spellings of Nalaya
Names related to Nalaya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Nalaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nalaya, updated 20 October 2026.