Nahla

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Nahla: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Nahla: Recorded since 2001, it reached #764 in 2021, and it stood at #1,894 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#764highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998
2006	#4157
2008	#2721
2009	#1596
2010	#1584
2011	#1438
2012	#1253
2013	#1177
2014	#1040
2015	#819
2016	#768
2017	#836
2018	#920
2019	#1292
2020	#969
2021	#901
2022	#1023
2023	#2201
2024	#1894

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

In 2021: #764 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #901 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3998 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nahla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Nahla in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	32	4 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	336	10 of 10	34
2020s	134	5 of 10	27

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 34 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Nahla appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #764 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Nahla's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1894	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1023	33	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#901	39	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#969	35	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1292	25	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#920	40	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#836	46	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#768	51	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#819	46	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1040	34	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1253	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1438	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #764, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 51 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2021, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Naheem · #1591, 10y
Nahid · #1000, 22y
Nahom · #1643, 25y
Nahum · #1425, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adelyn · #764, 14y
Alonzo · #764, 18y
Ana-Maria · #764, 17y
Anna-Leigh · #764, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Alonzo · #764, 18y
Ana-Maria · #764, 17y
Onyinyechi · #764, 16y
Raia · #764, 21y

Nahla was ranked #764 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nahla and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Nahla without appearing here.

Nahla moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2721 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1584 and #4688.
Finn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3998 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1584 and #4688.
Jeanette Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3998 and #2466 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1584 and #4688.
Lynette Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4157 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1596 and #4564.

Moved ahead of Nahla

Ezra Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1023 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2201 and #1135.
Eabha Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1023 and #1180 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2201 and #1169.
Rory Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1023 and #1452 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2201 and #1469.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #920 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1292 and #1063.

Moved the opposite way to Nahla

Abigail Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nahla went from #3998 to #1894 while Abigail went from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nahla went from #3998 to #1894 while Aimee went from #72 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nahla went from #3998 to #1894 while Aisling went from #514 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nahla went from #3998 to #1894 while Alex went from #172 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Nahla

Ada Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nahla went from #3998 to #1894 and Ada from #1520 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nahla went from #3998 to #1894 and Alma from #1728 to #234.
Amalie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nahla went from #3998 to #1894 and Amalie from #3998 to #1128.
Amelia Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nahla went from #3998 to #1894 and Amelia from #32 to #2.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #764 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nahla

Nahla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nahla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Nahla at a glance

Nahla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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