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“One who attains, one who succeeds” — Arabic origin
Girl's name · #1829 in the US (2025) · 2010s
Nailah reached #1016 in 2018 and has eased to #1829 since. About 4,800 girls have carried it since 1971. Together with its spelling variants Nayla (#1078) and Naila (#1728), Nailah would rank around #638 with about 450 births last year — the newborns split about 50/26/24 across Nayla, Naila, and Nailah.
Around the world: about 1 in 6,000 girls in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 6,700 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 15,000 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Similar names: Naila · Aliah · Naya · Samiyah · Lailah · Aseel
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