Nyeisha — girls' name
450 babies named Nyeisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Nyeisha was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Nyeisha in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nyeisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 450 babies named Nyeisha between 1977 and 2010, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyeisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyeisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 183 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nyeisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Nyeisha in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nyeisha 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 450 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.
Nyeisha at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nyeisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1977
- Peak year (1993)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
450 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 25 births in a single year.
Nyeisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 183 births that decade — 41% of Nyeisha's all-time total
Nyeisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 183 births
- Runner-up 120 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nyeisha's strongest decade
183 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Nyeisha by state
Where Nyeisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 450 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 1.1% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.1% of nationwide
- New York 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1977–2010 (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.