Girls' name · since 1997
Nyiah
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.
- #17,309 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 258
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nyiah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 258 have been recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Nyiah recorded 258 times among girls since 1997, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2023.
- #17,309 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 258 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyiah ranks #17,309 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 258 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,309 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 258
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nyiah's 258 recorded births place it above 76.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nyiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nyiah's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nyiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2023
- Peak year (2002)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Nyiah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (122 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Nyiah's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Nyiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
122 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 122 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Nyiah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (122 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nyiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1997–2023 (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 Nyiah 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.