Niyah Girl
How popular is Niyah?
#3,211 girl name in 2025
49 baby girls were named Niyah in the US in 2025, making it the 3211th most popular girl name.
Niyah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,211 for girls (▼ 822 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 49 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,894 in 2015, #1,908 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (136 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,410 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1981 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Niyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Niya family of names ranked #1,471 for girls in 2025 (#1,210 the year before), with 110 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Niya | 61 | 55% |
| Niyah | 49 | 45% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Niyah is most popular
Babies named Niyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (46 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Niyah by decade
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Questions
- Is Niyah a boy or girl name?
- Niyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Niyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Niyah?
- 49 baby girls were named Niyah in the US in 2025, making it the 3211th most popular girl name.
- When was Niyah most popular?
- Niyah peaked in 2003, when 136 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,410 in 2001.
- How many people are named Niyah?
- 3,001 babies have been named Niyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,977 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Niyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Niyah was most common in Texas, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.