Niamiah — unisex name
42 babies named Niamiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
71% of everyone ever named Niamiah was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Niamiah in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Niamiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Niamiah between 2007 and 2016, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Niamiah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Niamiah is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2012.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Niamiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Niamiah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Niamiah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 42 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Niamiah at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Niamiah popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2007
- Peak year (2010)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
42 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 7 births in a single year.
Niamiah popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2012 (Niamiah as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Niamiah accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Niamiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 30 births that decade — 71% of Niamiah's all-time total
Niamiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Niamiah's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2007–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.