Nyota — #7678 US girls' name
97 babies named Nyota in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to girls today.
56% of everyone ever named Nyota was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Nyota in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nyota
The Social Security Administration has registered 97 babies named Nyota between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nyota currently holds the #7678 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyota performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nyota shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nyota 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 97 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.
Nyota at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Nyota popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (2024)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #7678 among girls.
97 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 14 births in a single year.
Nyota by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 54 births that decade — 56% of Nyota's all-time total
Nyota decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Nyota's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% 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, 1975–2024 (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.