girls:
567 births since 2002
#5149 (10th percentile)
overall:
567 births since 2002
#7172 (7th percentile)
The name Nalayah is the #7,172 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 567 recorded births since 2002. This represents the 7.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,149 (9.9% percentile) for all time with 567 births since 2002.
Nalayah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2002 (first recorded for girls in 2002). Birth data for Nalayah is available in 21 out of the 22 years between 2002 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Nalayah reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #911) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 29 births per million (ranked 4.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Nalayah is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #903 (4.7% percentile) with 28 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nalayah".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Nalayah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.8% confident that Nalayah is pronounced as nuh-LAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is nah-LAH-yuh, at 18.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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