Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nahla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,236
- 0 boys · 3,236 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 306 babies
- 2025
- 60
- #2,850 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 60 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,850 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 36.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 306 in 2011. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,866 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nahla’s family of names
Nahla may belong to the same name family as NAHHLA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Nahla
- Nahla El Fatiha NailiAlgerian sculptorborn 1986
- Nahla RamadanEgyptian weightlifterborn 1985
- Nahla MahmoudSudanese-born British writer and activistborn 1986
- Nahla Hussain al-ShalyIraqi politician1971–2008
- Nahla ChahalLebanese activist and journalistborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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