Nilah
Girl · NEE-la · Tamil
Nilah is a girls' name of Tamil origin, meaning “moon”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Nilah mean?
Tamil: spelling of Nila; Tamil word for moon; also Sanskrit nila, dark blue
“moon”
In Tamil nila means moon, while the similar Sanskrit word nila means dark blue.
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Meaning borrowed from Nila. More on Wiktionary.
Is Nilah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nilah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nilah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Nilah, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nilah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 girls in the UK were given Nilah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #531, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Nilah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
How popular is Nilah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,711among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Nilah, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,682nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 84 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Nilah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 211 girls in the US were given Nilah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,024, up from #3,711 for this spelling alone.
Nilah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 48 | #3,329 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,389 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,682 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,729 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,809 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,744 |
| 2016 | 70 | #2,539 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,524 |
| 2014 | 79 | #2,323 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,408 |
| 2012 | 84 | #2,232 |
| 2011 | 81 | #2,298 |
| 2010 | 66 | #2,691 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,965 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,157 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
Names like Nilah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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