How Many People Are Named Nyiah?
An estimated 255 people in the United States have the first name Nyiah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Nyiah peaked in popularity in 2002 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Nyiah as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Nyiah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
255
About 1 in 1,344,135 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2002
17 births
Total Registered
258
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Nyiah
Nyiah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 258 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Nyiah as a female name
Ranked #10,929 in 2023
9 female births in 2023
Peak: 2002 (17 births)
Nyiah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Nyiah span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 122 babies were registered. Nyiah has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Nyiah by Decade
How has Nyiah tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Nyiah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Nyiah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Nyiah
Other first names starting with N with a similar number of bearers.
Nyiah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Nyiah?
We estimate approximately 255 people named Nyiah are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,344,135 Americans share this first name.
Is Nyiah a common name?
Nyiah is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 258 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Nyiah most popular?
Nyiah reached peak popularity in 2002, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Nyiah is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Nyiah a female name?
Nyiah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Nyiah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Nyiah Smith, Nyiah Johnson, Nyiah Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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