Nyiesha — girls' name
225 babies named Nyiesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Nyiesha was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Nyiesha in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nyiesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 225 babies named Nyiesha between 1977 and 2006, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyiesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyiesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nyiesha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nyiesha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nyiesha 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 225 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.
Nyiesha at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nyiesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1977
- Peak year (1991)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
225 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 16 births in a single year.
Nyiesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 102 births that decade — 45% of Nyiesha's all-time total
Nyiesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 65 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nyiesha's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Nyiesha by state
Where Nyiesha concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 225 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.2% 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, 1977–2006 (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.