Recorded 1993–2011 Girls' name Peak 1993 21 births

Nielah — girls' name

21 babies named Nielah in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s62000s102010s5
2000s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Nielah was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

6 babies were named Nielah in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nielah

The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Nielah between 1993 and 2011, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nielah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nielah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nielah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nielah 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 21 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.

Nielah at a glance

Last recorded 2011

Total births

21

Since 1993

19 years of records

Peak year

1993

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2011

Active since

1993

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2011

Nielah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1993

Last recorded 2011
Peak year (1993)
6
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
4.555.566.5 2011200920081993 6

Nielah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
10 births that decade — 48% of Nielah's all-time total
1990s62000s102010s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nielah?
21 babies have been named Nielah since 1993. It was last recorded in 2011. The peak year was 1993 with 6 births.
When was Nielah most popular?
Nielah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
How long has the name Nielah been used?
Nielah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 19 years of data through 2011.
What names are similar to Nielah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Niesha, Nieves, Niema, Nieve, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1993–2011 (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.