Girls' name · since 1988
Nyja
202 babies named Nyja in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,730 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 202
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nyja sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 202 recorded since 1988.
Nyja has 202 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2024.
- #19,730 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 202 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyja ranks #19,730 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 202 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,730 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 202
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nyja's 202 recorded births place it above 72.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Nyja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nyja's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nyja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2024
- Peak year (2001)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Nyja by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (121 births, 60% of the file).
2000s was Nyja's strongest decade.
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Nyja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
71 births
- 2000s
2000s
121 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 121 births (60% of all-time use).
Nyja by state
Where Nyja concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 202 births nationwide.
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- Nyja's decade-level peak was the 2000s (121 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Nyjas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Nyja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1988–2024 (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 Nyja 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.