Nyah — #2202 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,379 babies named Nyah between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyah currently holds the #2202 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 547 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,868 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 642 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Nyah in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nyah 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 5,379 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.