Niyah

#3,211 for girls in 2025, 49 births

Peak · girls
2001 · 134 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,001
since 1981

Niyah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Niyah has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #1,411, 2001girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,21149
2024#2,38976
2023#2,46672
2022#2,31980
2021#2,21284
2020#1,908100
2019#1,755117
2018#1,99798
2017#1,976100
2016#2,12991
2015#1,894107
2014#1,714122
2013#1,866108
2012#1,760117
2011#1,780114
2010#2,15291
2009#2,07698
2008#2,042101
2007#1,940106
2006#1,846110
2005#1,690117
2004#1,630119
2003#1,446136
2002#1,456131
2001#1,411134
2000#1,92388
1999#2,52756
1998#1,95877
1997#2,73345
1996#3,14937
1995#3,42232
1994#3,53631
1993#10,5887
1992#6,00815
1991#5,65916
1990#11,4096
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First appearance
1981

The first year at least five girls were named Niyah! It came in at #8,128, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1982–1983, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Niyah is popular in 2002

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,562 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,736 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,024 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,129 girlsMINew York: #1,636 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 13,840 girlsNYMassachusetts: #784 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,135 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #932 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,868 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,208 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 24,747 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedVAMaryland: #361 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,827 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #900 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,206 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedALGeorgia: #553 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,227 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Niyah, so not publishedHITexas: #2,768 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 31,189 girlsTXFlorida: #1,334 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,003 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maryland#361 · 1 in 1,827
  2. Georgia#553 · 1 in 3,227
  3. Massachusetts#784 · 1 in 6,135
  4. North Carolina#900 · 1 in 6,206
  5. New Jersey#932 · 1 in 6,868

Best ever in a state: #361 in Maryland, 2002.

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Maryland#361131 in 1,827
Georgia#553151 in 3,227
Massachusetts#78451 in 6,135
North Carolina#90071 in 6,206
New Jersey#93261 in 6,868
Michigan#1,02461 in 8,129
Florida#1,33471 in 11,003
Illinois#1,56251 in 13,736
New York#1,63671 in 13,840
California#2,20891 in 24,747
Texas#2,76851 in 31,189
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Niyah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 822 spots since 2024 (#2,389 → #3,211)
  • 1,303 spots since 2020 (#1,908 → #3,211)
  • 1,317 spots since 2015 (#1,894 → #3,211)
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1981
  • Peaked 2001 at #1,411 (134 births)
  • Births halved by 2025, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,435
  • Highest: 1 in 13,435 girls born in 2003 were named Niyah (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,801 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,411 in 2001, was only 1 in 13,437 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 38.0% of all girls named Niyah (1,140) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s13#8,128 (1981)#8,636
1990s322#1,958 (1998)#5,099
2000s1,140#1,411 (2001)#1,746
2010s1,065#1,714 (2014)#1,902
2020s461#1,908 (2020)#2,418

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Niyah in 2002

girls
#1,456
131 births · 1 in 13,717 girls

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #1,456Niyah131
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 13,717 of them was named Niyah, which outranked 91.9% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Niyah
  1. #1,444Shanna132
  2. #1,444Tasia132
  3. #1,444Viridiana132
  4. #1,456Niyah131
  5. #1,456Adia131
  6. #1,456Breann131
  7. #1,456Emmaline131
  8. #1,468Autum130
  9. #1,468Blake130
  10. #1,468Demi130

Tied with 11 names at #1,456; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,168Cadence#2,126 → #958
  2. ↑ 949Lisbeth#1,573 → #624
  3. ↑ 710Ashanti#825 → #115
  4. ↑ 464Elle#1,076 → #612
  5. ↑ 412Nyla#865 → #453
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,141Citlalli#609 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 748Nallely#772 → #1,520
  3. ↓ 617Dafne#967 → #1,584
  4. ↓ 582Beyonce#700 → #1,282
  5. ↓ 540Mikaila#928 → #1,468

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2002 →