# Nyah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nyah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,465 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 5,460 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,430, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 150 | 1,495 |
| 2012 | 191 | 1,263 |
| 2013 | 201 | 1,197 |
| 2014 | 193 | 1,256 |
| 2015 | 172 | 1,378 |
| 2016 | 145 | 1,549 |
| 2017 | 162 | 1,413 |
| 2018 | 133 | 1,614 |
| 2019 | 124 | 1,695 |
| 2020 | 105 | 1,857 |
| 2021 | 122 | 1,706 |
| 2022 | 120 | 1,740 |
| 2023 | 98 | 2,015 |
| 2024 | 87 | 2,192 |
| 2025 | 80 | 2,293 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 | 11,818 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | 575 |
| 2012 | 73 | 580 |
| 2013 | 74 | 554 |
| 2014 | 54 | 731 |
| 2015 | 63 | 649 |
| 2016 | 65 | 645 |
| 2017 | 45 | 855 |
| 2018 | 50 | 767 |
| 2019 | 49 | 770 |
| 2020 | 41 | 872 |
| 2021 | 34 | 1,007 |
| 2022 | 48 | 762 |
| 2023 | 56 | 647 |
| 2024 | 32 | 1,065 |
| 2025 | 33 | 1,028 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.