Girls' name · since 1983
Nayyirah
16 babies named Nayyirah in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #49,064 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nayyirah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 1983.
Nayyirah has 16 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1983 to 2016.
- #49,064 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1983
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nayyirah ranks #49,064 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1983, peaking in the 2010s.
- #49,064 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nayyirah's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nayyirah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nayyirah splits its recorded history at 2015: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nayyirah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2016
- Peak year (2015)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Nayyirah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
2010s was Nayyirah's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Nayyirah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nayyirah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~33 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, 1983–2016 (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 Nayyirah 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.