girl's name

Nahal

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 105

Nahal is a girl's name. In 2022 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1997, when 8 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1979.

Nahal over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '10 '20
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Births named Nahal by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 5
1980s 18
1990s 33
2010s 24
2020s (to 2022) 5

How popular is Nahal?

In 2022, Nahal was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Nahal is used

England & Wales #5,920 4 in 2025
United States #17,730 5 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Nahal

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Nahal also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Nahal over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Nahal

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Nahal — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Nahal

How popular is the name Nahal?

In 2022, Nahal was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Nahal a girl's or a boy's name?

Nahal is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Nahal most popular?

Nahal peaked in 1997, when 8 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Nahal a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Nahal currently ranks #5,920 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.