Girls' name · since 2006
Lyiah
24 babies named Lyiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #43,691 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
24 girls have been named Lyiah since 2006, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lyiah has 24 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2019.
- #43,691 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 24 born since 2006
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyiah ranks #43,691 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 2006, peaking in the 2000s.
- #43,691 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lyiah's 24 recorded births place it above 39.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lyiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lyiah's full recorded timeline at 2016, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2019, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lyiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2019
- Peak year (2006)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Lyiah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (13 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Lyiah's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Lyiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 13 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Lyiah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 2010s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lyiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2006–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lyiah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.