Nalayah

Q: Where does Nalayah come from?

Nalayah is a girls' name of Modern origin, modern elaboration of Nala with the -ayah ending.

Gender: Girl
Say it: nuh-LAY-uh
Origin: Modern
US rank, 2025: #3,028 for girls

Nalayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,028th for girls in the US (54 babies).

Where does Nalayah come from?

Modern: modern elaboration of Nala with the -ayah ending

Is Nalayah a girl's or a boy's name?

Nalayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Nalayah in the US?

Rank in 2025: 3,028th among girls
Babies in 2025: 54 about 1 in 30,000 girls
Five-year trend: Rising up 56% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 54 girls in the US were named Nalayah, making it the 3,028th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. It first appears in the records in 2002.

2025 had the most girls named Nalayah of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.

Half of all the girls named Nalayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 92 girls in the US were given Nalayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,800, up from #3,028 for this spelling alone.

Nalayah 54
Nalaya 38

2002Busiest: 54 in 20252025

Nalayah in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	54	#3,028
2024	48	#3,277
2023	49	#3,274
2022	52	#3,123
2021	42	#3,613
2020	35	#4,004
2019	30	#4,545
2018	32	#4,356
2017	44	#3,478
2016	32	#4,422
2015	27	#4,979
2014	50	#3,224
2013	26	#5,141
2012	36	#4,119
2011	22	#5,932
2010	13	#8,697
2009	25	#5,535
2008	11	#10,080
2007	12	#9,535
2006	12	#9,282
2005	6	#14,495
2004	6	#14,172
2003	0	–
2002	5	#15,426