Nyiah — girls' name
258 babies named Nyiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Nyiah was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Nyiah in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nyiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 258 babies named Nyiah between 1997 and 2023, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyiah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyiah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nyiah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nyiah 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 258 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.
Nyiah at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nyiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1997
- Peak year (2002)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
258 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 17 births in a single year.
Nyiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 122 births that decade — 47% of Nyiah's all-time total
Nyiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 87 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nyiah's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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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, 1997–2023 (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.