Is Nyjah a boy or girl name?

Nyjah is a unisex name. Of the 1,476 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 42.6% were girls and 57.4% were boys. It changed hands in 2011, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Nyjah

Recorded 1991–2025 · United States

Nyjah was most popular in 2014, when 88 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,812 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,745, with 48 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,476 people named Nyjah.

Nyjah over time

Births per year. The dot marks Nyjah’s peak in 2014. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Nyjah a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Nyjah is a unisex name — 42.6% of the 1,476 Americans given it were girls and 57.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 2011 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 16% girls and 84% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Nyjah

Where Nyjah 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