Girls' name · since 2006
Niliyah
Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 22 babies named Niliyah, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #44,918 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Niliyah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 22 have been recorded since 2006.
Niliyah has 22 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2023.
- #44,918 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niliyah ranks #44,918 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #44,918 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Niliyah's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Niliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Niliyah's full recorded timeline at 2018, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Niliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2023
- Peak year (2018)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Niliyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (11 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Niliyah's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Niliyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Niliyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Niliyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2006–2023 (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 Niliyah 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.