Given name

Nelah

Nelah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Nelah isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Nelah through the years

Babies since 1880
25
0 boys · 25 girls
Most popular year
2006
8 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02462025Highest share 20060.0
Nelah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2006–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2006.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Nelah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Nekiya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nysia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nakiah

“one who is pure; chaste”

0Not recently recordedEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Nevaya

12Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Kaelah

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Nykira

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nyauna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Naiome

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Nelah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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