Girls' name · since 2018

Nyayla

Since 2018, U.S. Social Security records show 35 babies named Nyayla, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#39,238 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#7,464 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
35
born since 2018
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Nyayla is the #7464 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 35 recorded since 2018.

Social Security Administration records show Nyayla recorded 35 times among girls since 2018, holding rank #7464 nationally today, ahead of 57% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.

  • #39,238 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #7,464 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 35 born since 2018
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyayla ranks #39,238 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,464 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 35 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.

#39,238 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#7,464 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
35
born since 2018
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%56.8%
Nyayla vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Nyayla's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Nyayla compares

35 12th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Nyayla's all-time total is 91% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Nyayla Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 35 376 567,345
Peak-year births 15 21 19,840

Nyayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Nyayla splits its recorded history at 2024: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2023 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Nyayla popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
15
Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
46810121416 2018202320242025 15

Nyayla by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (28 births, 80% of the file).

2020s was Nyayla's strongest decade.

28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.

Nyayla births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 28 births (80% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nyayla?
Nyayla has been given to 35 babies in the U.S. since 2018, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #39,238 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #7,464 of 17,297. 15 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
Where does Nyayla sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyayla ranks #39,238 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,464 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Nyayla most popular?
Nyayla was most popular in the 2020s decade with 28 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Nyayla been used?
The SSA has tracked Nyayla since 2018 -- 8 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Nyayla?
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.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Nyayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2018–2025 (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 Nyayla 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.