Niyah
Recorded 1981–2025 · United States
Niyah was most popular in 2003, when 136 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,548 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,675, with 49 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,001 people named Niyah.
Niyah over time
How old is the name Niyah?
Niyah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1981, which makes it about 44 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 38 of the 45 years since.
How many people are named Niyah?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,001 American births named Niyah between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,974 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Niyah in 2025?
49 American babies were named Niyah in 2025, ranking #5,675 that year.
Is Niyah getting more or less popular?
Niyah is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 72 births a year, against 114 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -36% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Niyah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Niyah is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,001 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Niyah?
Roughly 2,974 Americans named Niyah are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 16 years old, and half are between 9 and 23.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Niyah is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org