Nyasia — #4690 US girls' name
5,376 babies named Nyasia in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 73% of names given to girls today.
51% of everyone ever named Nyasia was born in this single decade.
344 babies were named Nyasia in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nyasia
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,376 babies named Nyasia between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyasia currently holds the #4690 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 344 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyasia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,740 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Nyasia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 840 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Nyasia in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nyasia 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 5,376 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.
Nyasia at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nyasia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (2006)
- 344
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #4690 among girls.
5,376 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 344 births in a single year.
Nyasia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,740 births that decade — 51% of Nyasia's all-time total
Nyasia decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,740 births
- Runner-up 1,173 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nyasia's strongest decade
2,740 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Nyasia by state
Where Nyasia concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 840 | 15.6% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 492 | 9.2% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 482 | 9.0% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 397 | 7.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 337 | 6.3% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 324 | 6.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 323 | 6.0% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 236 | 4.4% |
840 of 5,376 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 15.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 9.2% of nationwide
- New Jersey 9.0% of nationwide
- South Carolina 7.4% of nationwide
- Florida 6.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 15.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Nyasia appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1977–2024 (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.