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How popular is the name Nahla?
Births per year, rank history and how many Nahlas are alive today.
Nahla (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Nala in England and Wales, ranked 1584th in 2025 and given to 19 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2016, when 51 babies were given the name, the 768th most popular that year. It has declined since 2016; the 2025 figure is roughly 37% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Nala you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Nalas born in England and Wales are between 4 and 11, and there are at least 1,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Nala - on average, only one in every 243 such rooms contains a Nala.
How many babies are named Nahla each year?
Includes all spellings: Nahla, Nala. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Nahla spelling rank?
Where does the Nala spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Nahla most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Nala, peaked in 2021, when 141 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Nahla spelling itself peaked in 2016, with 51 babies.
How many people are called Nahla?
At least 1,300 people named Nahla in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Nahla?
Most living Nahlas are between 4 and 11; the most common age is about 5.
Is Nahla becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2021 peak.