Nalina

#7,779 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Nalina has been given to 167 babies in the U.S. since 1981. In 2025 it ranked #7,779 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Nalina, 2025

1 in 237,000

Nalina over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nalina: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nalina means

Nalina is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Nalina is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 167 girls were recorded with the name Nalina between 1981 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2025; its best national rank was #7,779 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,810 in 2020 to #7,779 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,649 in 2015 to #7,779 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Nalina?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 237,000; 14 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 115,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #7,779; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 164,137 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nalina sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nalina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nalinas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nalina was born before 2016 — so the typical Nalina is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 41.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 89.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 167; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 41.9% of all recorded uses (70).

Is Nalina rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +3,065; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +4,031; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,870; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.40×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (14)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 45.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,779; 2025

Spellings of Nalina

Nalina is not the most common spelling — Nina is, with 11.5% against Nalina's 0.01%.

Nina11.5%133,788
Alana5.9%68,264
Karina5.3%61,464
Nadine4.6%53,381
Alaina4.4%50,578
Nadia4.0%46,556
Alina3.9%45,387
Marina3.4%39,514

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Nalina is used

Across 1910–2025, Nalina was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 3,202,555 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Nalina has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nalina by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #7,779
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 4,031
Best rank ever: #7,779; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 14 that year
First recorded: 1981
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 167
Count in 2025: 14

Names similar to Nalina

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Nalina

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Leonor Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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