Girls' name · since 1974
Nyema
Nyema has 684 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,650 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,930 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 684
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nyema currently ranks #6930 among girls' names in America, with 684 babies recorded since 1974.
Nyema has 684 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6930 as of the latest data, more common than 60% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #9,650 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,930 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 684 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyema ranks #9,650 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,930 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 684 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,650 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,930 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 684
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nyema's 684 recorded births place it above 86.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Nyema compares
684 Top 39% higher than 61% of 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
Nyema's all-time total is 82% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nyema | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 684 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nyema's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nyema splits its recorded history at 2001: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 50 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nyema popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Nyema by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (260 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Nyema's strongest decade.
260 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Nyema births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1980s 71
1980s
71 births
- 1990s 93
1990s
93 births
- 2000s
2000s
260 births
- 2010s
2010s
152 births
- 2020s 83
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 260 births (38% of all-time use).
How Nyema compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Nyema's total volume
Nyema by state
Where Nyema concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 39 | 5.7% |
| #2 | California | | 12 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 11 | 1.6% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 8 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 7 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
39 of 684 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Nyema's data
- Nyema's decade-level peak was the 2000s (260 total births); usage has since declined to 83 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Nyemas (39 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nyema: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Nyema 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.