Naleah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nah-LEE-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Naleah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
Where does Naleah come from?
Modern: blend of Na- and Leah, or a variant of Nalia
Is Naleah a girl's or a boy's name?
Naleah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naleah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Naleah, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Naleah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Naleah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
Names like Naleah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Zariah, Kaylani, Naylani, Ailany, Jaliyah, Zaliyah, Kamiyah, Malani, Kehlani, Nevaeh
Names related to Naleah
Nala, Nailah, Nailea, Naliyah, Nalayah, Nalah, Nalia, Naylah
More Modern names
Jayden, Myla, Kayden, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani, Kayson
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, “Naleah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naleah, updated 20 October 2026.