Girls' name · since 2020

Niyani

30 babies named Niyani in U.S. Social Security records since 2020, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#41,033 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,780 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
30
born since 2020
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Niyani is the #16780 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 30 recorded since 2020.

Social Security Administration records show Niyani recorded 30 times among girls since 2020, holding rank #16780 nationally today, ahead of 3% 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 2020 to 2025.

  • #41,033 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #16,780 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 30 born since 2020
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niyani ranks #41,033 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,780 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 30 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.

#41,033 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,780 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
30
born since 2020
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%2.9%
Niyani vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Niyani's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Niyani compares

30 11th 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

Niyani's all-time total is 92% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Niyani Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 30 376 567,345
Peak-year births 13 21 19,840

Niyani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Niyani's SSA record in two at 2024 and the more recent half accounts for 40% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 60%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Niyani popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2022)
13
Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
468101214 2020202220242025 5

Niyani by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (30 births, 100% of the file).

2020s was Niyani's strongest decade.

30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Niyani births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 30 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Niyani?
Since 2020, Social Security records show 30 babies named Niyani. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #41,033 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #16,780 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2022, with 13 births.
Where does Niyani sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niyani ranks #41,033 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,780 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Niyani most popular?
Niyani was most popular in the 2020s decade with 30 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
How long has the name Niyani been used?
The SSA has tracked Niyani since 2020 -- 6 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Niyani?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Niya, Niyah, Niylah, Niyla, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Niyani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2020–2025 (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 Niyani 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.