Nyirah — girls' name
38 babies named Nyirah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Nyirah was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Nyirah in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nyirah
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Nyirah between 2001 and 2005, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyirah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyirah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nyirah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nyirah 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 38 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.
Nyirah at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nyirah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2001
- Peak year (2002)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
38 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 15 births in a single year.
Nyirah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 38 births that decade — 100% of Nyirah's all-time total
Nyirah decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nyirah's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Nyirah by state
Where Nyirah concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 13.2% |
5 of 38 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 13.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 13.2% 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, 2001–2005 (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.