Niyana — #12660 US girls' name
401 babies named Niyana in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Niyana was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Niyana in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Niyana
The Social Security Administration has registered 401 babies named Niyana between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Niyana currently holds the #12660 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Niyana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Niyana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Niyana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Niyana 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 401 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.
Niyana at a glance
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Current rank
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Niyana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2006)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #12660 among girls.
401 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 31 births in a single year.
Niyana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 186 births that decade — 46% of Niyana's all-time total
Niyana decade highlights
- Peak decade 186 births
- Runner-up 130 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Niyana's strongest decade
186 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Niyana by state
Where Niyana concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 401 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1996–2024 (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.