Nyala — #9762 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Nyala

The Social Security Administration has registered 324 babies named Nyala between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyala currently holds the #9762 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyala performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nyala shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nyala in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nyala 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 324 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.