Nala

Girl · recorded 1979–2025

  • #856in 2025
  • 1 in 5,070girls in 2025
  • +23%last ten years
  • 2.2×in Georgia

Most popular in 2019, and up 23% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1979

012825519791991200220142025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 33 recorded years as a table
Nala, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19793
199413
199548
199629
199732
199831
199929
200028
200131
200227
200343
200451
200538
200654
200748
200863
200960
201070
201190
2012135
2013133
2014149
2015160
2016206
2017210
2018220
2019255
2020251
2021235
2022214
2023199
2024231
2025197

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Georgia 2.2×
  2. North Carolina 1.8×
  3. Virginia 1.7×
  4. Michigan 1.6×
  5. New York 1.4×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
317
Rank in 2025
#856
How rare
1 in 5,070 girls
Since 1979
6,138

Most popular in 2019, at 255 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 23% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Georgia2.2×63
North Carolina1.8×51
Virginia1.7×36
Michigan1.6×36
New York1.4×71

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.