Girls' name · since 1999
Nyliah
Nyliah has 298 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,961 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,508 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 298
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Nyliah is the #10508 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 298 recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Nyliah recorded 298 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #10508 nationally today, ahead of 39% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #15,961 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,508 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 298 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyliah ranks #15,961 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,508 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 298 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,961 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,508 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 298
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nyliah's 298 recorded births place it above 77.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nyliah compares
298 45th 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
Nyliah's all-time total is 21% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nyliah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 298 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nyliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nyliah's full recorded timeline at 2013, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nyliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Nyliah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (143 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Nyliah's strongest decade.
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Nyliah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s
2010s
143 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 143 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Nyliah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (143 total births) through the 2020s (81) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Nyliah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Nyliah 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.