Nalea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nah-LEE-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Nalea is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Nalea come from?
Modern: spelling of Naleah; blend of Na- and Leah, or a variant of Nalia
Meaning borrowed from Naleah.
Is Nalea a girl's or a boy's name?
Nalea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nalea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 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, 7 girls in the US were named Nalea, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had fewer girls named Nalea than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Nalea in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nalea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Names like Nalea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kaylani, Naylani, Malani, Ailany, Noa, Nailani, Kailani, Nalani, Meilani, Kalani, Alani
Names related to Nalea
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, “Nalea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nalea, updated 20 October 2026.