# Nylah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nylah/  
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 | 13,739 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 13,739 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,692, 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 | 652 | 457 |
| 2012 | 704 | 444 |
| 2013 | 734 | 413 |
| 2014 | 743 | 429 |
| 2015 | 722 | 438 |
| 2016 | 804 | 415 |
| 2017 | 719 | 441 |
| 2018 | 758 | 408 |
| 2019 | 870 | 363 |
| 2020 | 775 | 403 |
| 2021 | 790 | 400 |
| 2022 | 735 | 430 |
| 2023 | 805 | 383 |
| 2024 | 695 | 451 |
| 2025 | 590 | 504 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 47 | 789 |
| 2012 | 37 | 975 |
| 2013 | 66 | 616 |
| 2014 | 87 | 486 |
| 2015 | 103 | 428 |
| 2016 | 88 | 495 |
| 2017 | 129 | 362 |
| 2018 | 122 | 370 |
| 2019 | 123 | 358 |
| 2020 | 142 | 320 |
| 2021 | 165 | 287 |
| 2022 | 139 | 316 |
| 2023 | 136 | 326 |
| 2024 | 109 | 395 |
| 2025 | 108 | 391 |

## 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.