Girls' name · since 1982
Niaya
Niaya has 214 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,119 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 214
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Niaya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 214 recorded since 1982.
Niaya has 214 recorded births among girls since 1982, 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 1982 to 2014.
- #19,119 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 214 born since 1982
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niaya ranks #19,119 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 214 born since 1982, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,119 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 214
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Niaya's 214 recorded births place it above 73.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Niaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Niaya's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Niaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2014
- Peak year (1998)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Niaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (101 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Niaya's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Niaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
89 births
- 2000s
2000s
101 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 101 births (47% of all-time use).
Niaya by state
Where Niaya concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 214 births nationwide.
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- Niaya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (101 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Niayas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Niaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1982–2014 (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 Niaya 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.