Girls' name · since 2000
Naiyah
Naiyah has 384 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,858 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,514 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 384
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Naiyah currently ranks #10514 among girls' names in America, with 384 babies recorded since 2000.
Naiyah has 384 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10514 as of the latest data, more common than 39% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #13,858 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,514 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 384 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naiyah ranks #13,858 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,514 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 384 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,858 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,514 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 384
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Naiyah's 384 recorded births place it above 80.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Naiyah compares
384 Top 50% higher than 50% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Naiyah's all-time total is 2% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Naiyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 384 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Naiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Naiyah splits its recorded history at 2013: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Naiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Naiyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (199 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Naiyah's strongest decade.
199 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Naiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
115 births
- 2010s
2010s
199 births
- 2020s 70
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 199 births (52% of all-time use).
Naiyah by state
Where Naiyah concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 39 | 10.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 1.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.3% |
39 of 384 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Naiyah's data
- Naiyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (199 total births) through the 2020s (70) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Naiyahs (39 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Naiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Naiyah 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.