Girls' name · since 1999
Nyonna
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 145 babies named Nyonna, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nyonna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 145 recorded since 1999.
Nyonna has 145 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2024.
- #23,144 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 145 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyonna ranks #23,144 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 145 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nyonna's 145 recorded births place it above 67.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nyonna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Nyonna's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Nyonna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Nyonna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (65 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Nyonna's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Nyonna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
65 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 65 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Nyonna's decade-level peak was the 2000s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nyonna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~25 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, 1999–2024 (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 Nyonna 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.