Girls' name · since 2010
Nilayah
Since 2010, U.S. Social Security records show 56 babies named Nilayah, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,742 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,756 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 56
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nilayah currently ranks #8756 among girls' names in America, with 56 babies recorded since 2010.
Social Security Administration records show Nilayah recorded 56 times among girls since 2010, holding rank #8756 nationally today, ahead of 49% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #33,742 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,756 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 56 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nilayah ranks #33,742 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,756 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 56 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #33,742 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,756 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 56
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nilayah's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nilayah compares
56 17th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nilayah's all-time total is 85% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nilayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 56 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nilayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nilayah's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nilayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Nilayah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (37 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Nilayah's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Nilayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 37 births (66% of all-time use).
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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, 2010–2025 (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 Nilayah 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.