Nailah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Nailah: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #936 in 2018, and it stood at #980 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#936highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#1365
1998	#1480
1999	#1393
2000	#1688
2001	#1617
2002	#1245
2003	#1843
2004	#2530
2005	#1796
2006	#1435
2007	#1443
2008	#2292
2009	#2019
2010	#1653
2011	#1438
2012	#1428
2013	#1774
2014	#1702
2015	#1279
2016	#1031
2017	#1371
2018	#936
2019	#1153
2020	#955
2021	#1311
2022	#1245
2023	#1008
2024	#980

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

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1755 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #936 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #980 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Nailah 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 Nailah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	47	4 of 10	12
2000s	123	10 of 10	12
2010s	245	10 of 10	25
2020sbusiest	156	5 of 10	31

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 31 births a year.

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

Nailah appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #936 in England and Wales in 2018.

Nailah'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	#980	36	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1008	34	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1245	26	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1311	24	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#955	36	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1153	29	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#936	39	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1371	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1031	34	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1279	26	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1428	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1438	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1443	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1435	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1393	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1365	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #936, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 39 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#980position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
39births registered in its largest year, 201825 to 49 births →

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.

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Naima · #340, 54y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Amaal · #936, 27y
Seraphina · #936, 28y
Aryaan · #935, 24y
Kloe · #938, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amaal · #936, 27y
Seraphina · #936, 28y
Alika · #937, 18y
Aryaan · #935, 24y

Nailah was ranked #936 in England and Wales · Girls in 2018. 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.

Nailah 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 Nailah without appearing here.

Nailah moved ahead of

Jesse Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2019 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1653 and #4688.
Jordan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2019 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1653 and #4012.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1796 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1435 and #3548.
Pauline Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2292 and #1718 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2019 and #3936.

Moved ahead of Nailah

Frida Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1443 and #1656 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2292 and #1247.
Mila Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1245 and #1442 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1843 and #799.
Alma Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1843 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2530 and #1535.
Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1443 and #1573 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2292 and #1391.

Moved the opposite way to Nailah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nailah went from #1755 to #980 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nailah went from #1755 to #980 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nailah went from #1755 to #980 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nailah went from #1755 to #980 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Nailah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nailah went from #1755 to #980 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nailah went from #1755 to #980 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nailah went from #1755 to #980 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Nailah went from #1755 to #980 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #936 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nailah

Nailah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nailah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Nailah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Nailah at a glance

Nailah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Nailah

Nailah and the names beside it

Nailah moved ahead of

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