Girls' name · since 1991
Nyashia
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.
- #17,391 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 256
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nyashia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 256 recorded since 1991.
Nyashia has 256 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2019.
- #17,391 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 256 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyashia ranks #17,391 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 256 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,391 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 256
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nyashia's 256 recorded births place it above 75.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nyashia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nyashia splits its recorded history at 2003: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nyashia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2019
- Peak year (2008)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Nyashia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (174 births, 68% of the file).
2000s was Nyashia's strongest decade.
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Nyashia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 52
1990s
52 births
- 2000s
2000s
174 births
- 2010s 30
2010s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 174 births (68% of all-time use).
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- Nyashia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (174 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nyashia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
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, 1991–2019 (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 Nyashia 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.