Niyah — #2417 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Niyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,949 babies named Niyah between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Niyah currently holds the #2417 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 136 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Niyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Niyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 278 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Niyah in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Niyah 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 2,949 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.