# Nala (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nala/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,138 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,138 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 835, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 158 | 1,438 |
| 2012 | 238 | 1,059 |
| 2013 | 234 | 1,066 |
| 2014 | 267 | 994 |
| 2015 | 286 | 950 |
| 2016 | 365 | 777 |
| 2017 | 362 | 766 |
| 2018 | 374 | 742 |
| 2019 | 428 | 679 |
| 2020 | 406 | 695 |
| 2021 | 385 | 741 |
| 2022 | 351 | 804 |
| 2023 | 320 | 846 |
| 2024 | 375 | 753 |
| 2025 | 317 | 856 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,433 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 50 | 775 |
| 2016 | 36 | 994 |
| 2017 | 39 | 949 |
| 2018 | 54 | 729 |
| 2019 | 73 | 554 |
| 2020 | 97 | 436 |
| 2021 | 102 | 428 |
| 2022 | 96 | 442 |
| 2023 | 88 | 451 |
| 2024 | 60 | 647 |
| 2025 | 66 | 590 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.