Feminine dossier · first seen 1981

Niyah

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Niyah
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2003

Peak rank proxy

136

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1981Peak 20032024

Peak year

2003

Decline from peak

44.9%

2024

All-time

2,949

Niyah has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2003, when 136 girls were named Niyah.

In 2024, only 75 girls were given the name.

Down 44.9% from its peak.

All told, about 2,949 Americans have been named Niyah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1981.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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