Nashla
Feminine
Nashla is a name used in the Dominican Republic and among Dominican families in the United States, and it sits in a group of Caribbean names with an Arabic look and no documented Arabic source.
How old is the name Nashla?
Nashla first appears in US birth records in 1999 — 26 years ago. The typical Nashla is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Nashla are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Nashla most popular?
Nashla peaked in 2020, reaching #2317 nationally. Today it ranks #3389, 1,072 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Nashla
Ours, offered as ours. The Dominican Republic has one of the most inventive naming traditions in the Spanish-speaking world, and a large Levantine immigrant community whose names — Nashla, Jalil, Yamile — became part of the general stock. Nashla belongs somewhere in that meeting: it has the sound of an Arabic name and no Arabic entry, which is exactly what happens when a naming tradition absorbs the music of another one without the vocabulary. That is a real history even without an etymology.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established. The name is not attested in Arabic dictionaries despite its shape. What is documented is its community: it appears in Dominican records from the late twentieth century, alongside a set of names — Nashla, Yamilex, Yubelkis — coined in the same period and place.
Pronouncing Nashla
NAHSH-lah
Two syllables, first stressed. Every letter is sounded in Spanish.
Nicknames for Nashla
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1999
- Most girls named
- 202177 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2317reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- −19.6%45 in 2025, from 56
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Nashla in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Nashla in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.
Nashlas among us
people named Nashla are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 35,717 born in 2025 was named Nashla
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Megen test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Nashla's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Megen climbed just as high around 1985, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Megen's path sketches the road Nashla is walking now.
Nashla sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Nashla is headed
Nashla should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Nashla beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Nashla in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Six letters and two syllables, easy to write and to say.
- Nash is a short form already familiar to English speakers.
- Strongly established in one specific community, which gives it a real home.
- Outside the Dominican community it will need spelling and explaining every time.
- The Arabic look invites an origin claim that the record does not support.
- There is no documented meaning, and the ones offered online are guesses.
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Frequently asked
- How many Nashlas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Nashla are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Nashla in 2025?
- Nashla ranks #3389 among US girl names in 2025, with 45 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Nashla?
- About 1 in every 35,717 US girls born in 2025 was named Nashla — 45 in all.
- Will my child share the name Nashla with classmates?
- Nashla will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Nashla
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