Recorded 1976–1994 Girls' name Peak 1981 21 births

Nyeasha — girls' name

21 babies named Nyeasha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s51980s111990s5
1980s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Nyeasha was born in this single decade.

1981
Single peak year

6 babies were named Nyeasha in 1981 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nyeasha

The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Nyeasha between 1976 and 1994, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyeasha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyeasha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nyeasha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nyeasha 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 21 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.

Nyeasha at a glance

Last recorded 1994

Total births

21

Since 1976

19 years of records

Peak year

1981

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1994

Active since

1976

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 1994

Nyeasha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1976

Last recorded 1994
Peak year (1981)
6
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
4.555.566.5 1994198719811976 5

Nyeasha by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
11 births that decade — 52% of Nyeasha's all-time total
1970s51980s111990s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nyeasha?
21 babies have been named Nyeasha since 1976. It was last recorded in 1994. The peak year was 1981 with 6 births.
When was Nyeasha most popular?
Nyeasha was most popular in the 1980s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1981.
How long has the name Nyeasha been used?
Nyeasha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1976, spanning 19 years of data through 1994.
What names are similar to Nyeasha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nyesha, Nyema, Nyelle, Nyeisha, 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, 1976–1994 (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.