Nyashia — girls' name
256 babies named Nyashia in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
68% of everyone ever named Nyashia was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Nyashia in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nyashia
The Social Security Administration has registered 256 babies named Nyashia between 1991 and 2019, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyashia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyashia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nyashia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nyashia 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 256 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.
Nyashia at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nyashia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1991
- Peak year (2008)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
256 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 24 births in a single year.
Nyashia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 174 births that decade — 68% of Nyashia's all-time total
Nyashia decade highlights
- Peak decade 174 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nyashia's strongest decade
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
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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, 1991–2019 (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.