Nalia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-LEE-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,295 for girls
Nalia is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
Where does Nalia come from?
Modern: modern name, perhaps from Natalia or Nalani
Is Nalia a girl's or a boy's name?
Nalia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nalia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Nalia, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2019, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Nalia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
How popular is Nalia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,295th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47 about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Nalia, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,450th. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had the most girls named Nalia of any year since it first appeared, in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Nalia in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 157 girls in the US were given Nalia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,246, up from #3,295 for this spelling alone.
Nalia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,524 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 44 | #3,490 |
| 2020 | 44 | #3,450 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 40 | #3,738 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 40 | #3,853 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Nalia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aria, Safa, Nusaybah, Amira, Ayra, Amara, Liyana, Amaya, Ayla, Khadija, Sophia, Alaya
Other spellings of Nalia
Names related to Nalia
Nala, Naila, Nuala, Nayla, Nailah, Nahla, Nalah, Neala, Nailea
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Nalia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nalia, updated 20 October 2026.