How Many People Are Named Nyah?
people named Nyah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 63,118 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,465 babies named Nyah in Social Security records from 1980 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
552 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of NIA (2).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Nyah (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nyah alive today is about 16 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nyah first appears in the records in 1980 and was given most often in 2001, to 552 babies. In 2025, 80 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1980 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nyah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #504, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #2,293.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,293 |
| Best rank | #504 (2001) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #877 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nyah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nyah were born in California than in any other state: about 644 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nyah was given about 1.7 times as often in Florida, New York and Utah.
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