Girls' name · since 1995
Nialah
Nialah has 174 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,273 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 174
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nialah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 174 have been recorded since 1995.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nialah has been recorded 174 times among girls since 1995, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2022.
- #21,273 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 174 born since 1995
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nialah ranks #21,273 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 174 born since 1995, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,273 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 174
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nialah's 174 recorded births place it above 70.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nialah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nialah's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nialah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2022
- Peak year (2011)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Nialah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (80 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Nialah's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Nialah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s
2010s
80 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 80 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Nialah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nialah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1995–2022 (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 Nialah 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.