Recorded 1980–2025 · United States
Nyah was most popular in 2001, when 552 American babies were given the name — ranking #924 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,107, with 80 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 5,465 people named Nyah.
Nyah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1980, which makes it about 45 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 41 of the 46 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 5,465 American births named Nyah 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 5,415 are estimated to be alive today.
80 American babies were named Nyah in 2025, ranking #4,107 that year.
Nyah is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 101 births a year, against 181 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -44% 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.
Across the whole record Nyah is a girl’s name — 99.9% of the 5,465 Americans given it were girls and 0.1% 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.
Roughly 5,415 Americans named Nyah are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 12 and 24. That is a narrow band: Nyah arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
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.
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