Nyleigh — #11901 US girls' name
40 babies named Nyleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 33% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Nyleigh was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Nyleigh in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nyleigh
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Nyleigh between 2014 and 2024, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyleigh currently holds the #11901 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyleigh performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nyleigh shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nyleigh 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 40 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.
Nyleigh at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nyleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2014
- Peak year (2024)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
Currently ranks #11901 among girls.
40 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 8 births in a single year.
Nyleigh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 22 births that decade — 55% of Nyleigh's all-time total
Nyleigh decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Nyleigh's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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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, 2014–2024 (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.