Girls' name · since 1982
Nyeemah
Since 1982, U.S. Social Security records show 95 babies named Nyeemah, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,702 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 95
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nyeemah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 95 recorded since 1982.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyeemah has been recorded 95 times among girls since 1982, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2019.
- #27,702 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 95 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyeemah ranks #27,702 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 95 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,702 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 95
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nyeemah's 95 recorded births place it above 61.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nyeemah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nyeemah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nyeemah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2019
- Peak year (2009)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2019.
95 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 9 births in a single year.
Nyeemah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (47 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Nyeemah's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Nyeemah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 47 births (49% of all-time use).
Nyeemah decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nyeemah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1982–2019 (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 Nyeemah 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.
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