Girls' name · since 2002
Nyleah
Nyleah has 316 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,485 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,734 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 316
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
316 babies have been named Nyleah since 2002, making it today's #6734 girls' name.
Nyleah has 316 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6734 as of the latest data, more common than 61% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #15,485 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,734 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 316 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyleah ranks #15,485 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,734 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 316 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,485 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,734 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 316
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nyleah's 316 recorded births place it above 78.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nyleah compares
316 46th 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
Nyleah's all-time total is 16% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nyleah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 316 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nyleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nyleah's full recorded timeline at 2014, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nyleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Nyleah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (138 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Nyleah's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Nyleah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s
2010s
138 births
- 2020s
2020s
110 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 138 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Nyleah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (138 total births) through the 2020s (110) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Nyleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Nyleah 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.