Recorded 1991–2019 Girls' name Peak 2008 256 births

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.

1990s522000s1742010s30
2000s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Nyashia was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

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 2019

Total births

256

Since 1991

29 years of records

Peak year

2008

24 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1991

Recorded for 29 years

Last year on file: 2019

Nyashia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1991

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2008)
24
Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
0510152025 20192010200720042001199819931991 5

Nyashia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
174 births that decade — 68% of Nyashia's all-time total
1990s522000s1742010s30

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nyashia?
256 babies have been named Nyashia since 1991. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2008 with 24 births.
When was Nyashia most popular?
Nyashia was most popular in the 2000s decade with 174 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Nyashia been used?
Nyashia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1991, spanning 29 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Nyashia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nya, Nyah, Nyasia, Nyasha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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.