Nailah is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 2018 and has grown less common since.
Nailah is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,829 for girl births in the United States (and #3,328 across all names), given to 110 babies. Nailah first appears in 1971 and peaked in 2018 (256 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | 110 | #1,829 |
| 2024 | 112 | 112 | #1,805 |
| 2023 | 122 | 129 | #1,695 |
| 2022 | 140 | 148 | #1,536 |
| 2021 | 164 | 171 | #1,350 |
| 2020 | 186 | 191 | #1,229 |
| 2019 | 231 | 231 | #1,086 |
| 2018 | 256 | 256 | #1,016 |
| 2017 | 239 | 244 | #1,070 |
| 2016 | 159 | 167 | #1,455 |
| 2015 | 160 | 165 | #1,445 |
| 2014 | 150 | 150 | #1,491 |
| 2013 | 179 | 179 | #1,315 |
| 2012 | 171 | 176 | #1,372 |
| 2011 | 171 | 177 | #1,353 |
| 2010 | 150 | 150 | #1,498 |
| 2009 | 140 | 140 | #1,608 |
| 2008 | 144 | 144 | #1,588 |
| 2007 | 137 | 137 | #1,632 |
| 2006 | 155 | 155 | #1,446 |
| 2005 | 134 | 134 | #1,537 |
| 2004 | 137 | 137 | #1,478 |
| 2003 | 92 | 92 | #1,981 |
| 2002 | 88 | 88 | #1,998 |
| 2001 | 89 | 89 | #1,954 |
| 2000 | 96 | 96 | #1,811 |
| 1999 | 89 | 89 | #1,799 |
| 1998 | 85 | 85 | #1,826 |
| 1997 | 70 | — | #2,038 |
| 1996 | 64 | — | #2,142 |
| 1995 | 72 | — | #1,935 |
| 1994 | 61 | — | #2,204 |
| 1993 | 46 | — | #2,666 |
| 1992 | 44 | — | #2,761 |
| 1991 | 26 | — | #4,016 |
| 1990 | 35 | — | #3,202 |
| 1989 | 26 | — | #3,857 |
| 1988 | 22 | — | #4,122 |
| 1987 | 23 | — | #3,825 |
| 1986 | 17 | — | #4,669 |
| 1985 | 23 | — | #3,696 |
| 1984 | 14 | — | #5,129 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | #4,816 |
| 1982 | 18 | — | #4,279 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | #4,278 |
| 1980 | 30 | — | #2,976 |
| 1979 | 21 | — | #3,742 |
| 1978 | 18 | — | #4,024 |
| 1977 | 27 | — | #2,970 |
| 1976 | 17 | — | #3,910 |
| 1975 | 17 | — | #3,886 |
| 1974 | 12 | — | #4,922 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | #4,514 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #6,372 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #9,182 |