Girls' name · since 2007
Nylee
279 babies named Nylee in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,534 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,890 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 279
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nylee currently ranks #9890 among girls' names in America, with 279 babies recorded since 2007.
Nylee has 279 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9890 as of the latest data, more common than 43% 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 2007 to 2025.
- #16,534 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,890 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 279 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nylee ranks #16,534 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,890 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 279 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,534 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,890 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 279
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nylee's 279 recorded births place it above 77.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Nylee compares
279 44th 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
Nylee's all-time total is 26% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nylee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 279 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nylee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nylee's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 8 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nylee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Nylee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (155 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Nylee's strongest decade.
155 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Nylee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 34
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
155 births
- 2020s
2020s
90 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 155 births (56% of all-time use).
Nylee by state
Where Nylee concentrates geographically, total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 3.6% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.8% |
10 of 279 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Nylee's data
- Nylee's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (155 total births) through the 2020s (90) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Nylees (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Nylee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2007–2025 (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 Nylee 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.