NameTides

Nyah

Nyah was the #2,276 girls' name in the US in 2025 (80 babies), and #1,028 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Nyah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nyah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Nyah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#2,276 (80)#1,028 (33)———#2,475 (8)
2024#2,178 (87)#1,065 (32)———#1,348 (18)
2023#2,002 (98)#647 (56)#630 (4)——#2,027 (10)
2022#1,731 (120)#762 (48)#760 (3)—#905 (3)#837 (32)
2021#1,698 (122)#1,007 (34)#485 (6)——#1,286 (19)
2020#1,849 (105)#872 (41)#544 (5)——#1,153 (21)
2019#1,687 (124)#770 (49)———#922 (29)
2018#1,609 (133)#767 (50)———#1,031 (25)
2017#1,409 (162)#855 (45)#501 (6)——#775 (36)
2016#1,545 (145)#645 (65)#675 (4)#440 (3)—#1,043 (25)
2015#1,372 (172)#649 (63)#653 (4)——#758 (37)
2014#1,253 (193)#731 (54)#477 (7)——#808 (34)
2013#1,192 (201)#554 (74)#564 (5)——#705 (40)
2012#1,263 (191)#580 (73)#665 (4)——#785 (35)
2011#1,490 (150)#575 (70)#515 (6)——#957 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2001 at #504.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1980.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,700uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Nyah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 22,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 21,000 to 1 in 24,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nyah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,210TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Nyah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NyahCanadaGirls#2,4758
NyahEngland & WalesGirls#1,02833
NyahEngland & WalesBoys—too few
NyahIrelandGirls—too few
NyahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NyahScotlandGirls—too few
NyahUSGirls#2,27680
NyahUSBoys—too few