Nyemah — #16288 US girls' name
206 babies named Nyemah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 8% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Nyemah was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Nyemah in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nyemah
The Social Security Administration has registered 206 babies named Nyemah between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyemah currently holds the #16288 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyemah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nyemah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nyemah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nyemah 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 206 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.
Nyemah at a glance
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Current rank
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Nyemah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2008)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #16288 among girls.
206 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 23 births in a single year.
Nyemah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 101 births that decade — 49% of Nyemah's all-time total
Nyemah decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nyemah's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Nyemah by state
Where Nyemah concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 206 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.4% 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, 2001–2024 (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.