Girls' name · since 2010
Nylayah
Since 2010, U.S. Social Security records show 100 babies named Nylayah, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,815 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 100
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
100 babies have been named Nylayah since 2010, making it today's #7815 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nylayah has been recorded 100 times among girls since 2010, currently ranked #7815 nationally and more common than 55% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #27,144 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,815 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 100 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nylayah ranks #27,144 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,815 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 100 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,815 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 100
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nylayah's 100 recorded births place it above 62.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nylayah compares
100 25th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nylayah's all-time total is 73% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nylayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 100 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nylayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nylayah's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nylayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Nylayah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (59 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Nylayah's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Nylayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 59 births (59% of all-time use).
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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, 2010–2025 (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 Nylayah 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.