Nyah
#2,276 for girls in 2025, 80 births · Last seen for boys in 2001 at #10,556
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 547 births
- Debut · girls
- 17 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,460since 1980
Nyah over time
Rank among girls' names. Nyah has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,276 | 80 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,178 | 87 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,002 | 98 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,731 | 120 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,698 | 122 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,849 | 105 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,687 | 124 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,609 | 133 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,409 | 162 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,545 | 145 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,372 | 172 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,253 | 193 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,192 | 201 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,263 | 191 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,490 | 150 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,130 | 217 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,163 | 216 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,087 | 240 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,088 | 239 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,227 | 196 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,168 | 197 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,038 | 223 | — | |
| 2003 | #810 | 304 | — | |
| 2002 | #615 | 416 | — | |
| 2001 | #504 | 547 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #792 | 290 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,567 | 55 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,370 | 59 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,815 | 29 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | — | |
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| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
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| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Nyah! It came in at #4,327, and was given to 17 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1983, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Nyah is popular in 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Washington#569 · 1 in 2,936
- Massachusetts#624 · 1 in 4,070
- Utah#686 · 1 in 3,680
- Georgia#774 · 1 in 4,283
- Maryland#846 · 1 in 4,953
Best ever in a state: #102 in District of Columbia, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #569 | 10 | 1 in 2,936 |
| Massachusetts | #624 | 7 | 1 in 4,070 |
| Utah | #686 | 5 | 1 in 3,680 |
| Georgia | #774 | 12 | 1 in 4,283 |
| Maryland | #846 | 5 | 1 in 4,953 |
| New York | #912 | 16 | 1 in 5,943 |
| Indiana | #946 | 5 | 1 in 6,501 |
| Florida | #1,027 | 12 | 1 in 7,142 |
| Ohio | #1,036 | 7 | 1 in 8,183 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,132 | 6 | 1 in 9,143 |
| California | #1,230 | 24 | 1 in 9,601 |
| Illinois | #1,308 | 7 | 1 in 9,594 |
| Texas | #1,705 | 11 | 1 in 14,600 |
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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 Nyah
- 98 spots since 2024 (#2,178 → #2,276)
- 427 spots since 2020 (#1,849 → #2,276)
- 904 spots since 2015 (#1,372 → #2,276)
- Biggest jump: 1,775 spots in 2000 (#2,567 → #792)
- Biggest drop: 228 spots in 2004 (#810 → #1,038)
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 2001 at #504 (547 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2000–2003
- Highest: 1 in 3,292 girls born in 2001 were named Nyah (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,091 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 52.5% of all girls named Nyah (2,868) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 44 | #4,327 (1980) | #7,933 |
| 1990s | 248 | #2,370 (1998) | #5,496 |
| 2000s | 2,868 | #504 (2001) | #949 |
| 2010s | 1,688 | #1,130 (2010) | #1,395 |
| 2020s | 612 | #1,698 (2021) | #1,956 |
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.
Nyah in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 9,380 of them was named Nyah, which outranked 93.9% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,164Kiarra198
- #1,164Kori198
- #1,164Rory198
- #1,168Nyah197
- #1,168Alannah197
- #1,168Darby197
- #1,168Jaime197
- #1,173Analise196
- #1,173Asha196
- #1,173Estella196
Tied with 4 names at #1,168; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.