How Many People Are Named Nylah?
people named Nylah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 25,041 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,739 babies named Nylah in Social Security records from 1992 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
870 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Nylah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Nylah alive today is about 9 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Nylah first appears in the records in 1992 and was given most often in 2019, to 870 babies. In 2025, 590 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1992 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Nylah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #363, in 2019. In 2025 it ranked #504.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #504 |
| Best rank | #363 (2019) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #441 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Nylah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Nylah were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,222 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Nylah was given 3.1 times as often in District of Columbia, 2.4 times in Louisiana and 1.9 times in Maryland.
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