Recorded 1997–2022 Girls' name Peak 2004 188 births

Nyjae — girls' name

188 babies named Nyjae in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s322000s1042010s472020s5
2000s
Peak decade

55% of everyone ever named Nyjae was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

17 babies were named Nyjae in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nyjae

The Social Security Administration has registered 188 babies named Nyjae between 1997 and 2022, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyjae currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyjae performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nyjae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Nyjae in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nyjae 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 188 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.

Nyjae at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

188

Since 1997

26 years of records

Peak year

2004

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1997

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 2022

Nyjae popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1997

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2004)
17
Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
05101520 2022201320102007200420011997 7

Nyjae by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
104 births that decade — 55% of Nyjae's all-time total
1990s322000s1042010s472020s5

Nyjae by state

Where Nyjae concentrates geographically — total births since 1997

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Nyjae
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Maryland
21 11.2%
#2 New York
5 2.7%
#3 Pennsylvania
5 2.7%
Maryland share of Nyjae's total US births 11.2%
Even split

21 of 188 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nyjae?
188 babies have been named Nyjae since 1997. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2004 with 17 births.
When was Nyjae most popular?
Nyjae was most popular in the 2000s decade with 104 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Nyjae most popular?
The top states for the name Nyjae are Maryland (21 births), New York (5 births), Pennsylvania (5 births).
How long has the name Nyjae been used?
Nyjae has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 26 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Nyjae?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nyjah, Nyja, Nyjai, Nyjia, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1997–2022 (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.