NameTides

Nylah

Nylah was the #503 girls' name in the US in 2025 (590 babies), and #391 in England & Wales and #590 in Canada.

Nylah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Nylah 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Nylah 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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#503 (590)#391 (108)#324 (10)——#590 (51)
2024#450 (695)#395 (109)#351 (9)—#631 (5)#678 (43)
2023#383 (805)#326 (136)#365 (9)—#856 (3)#622 (46)
2022#430 (735)#316 (139)#418 (7)#354 (4)—#756 (36)
2021#400 (790)#287 (165)#363 (9)——#560 (53)
2020#402 (775)#320 (142)#471 (6)——#840 (33)
2019#363 (870)#358 (123)#650 (4)——#719 (41)
2018#408 (758)#370 (122)#234 (17)——#736 (39)
2017#441 (719)#362 (129)#808 (3)#432 (3)—#907 (30)
2016#415 (804)#495 (88)#585 (5)——#782 (36)
2015#438 (722)#428 (103)#509 (6)——#934 (28)
2014#429 (743)#486 (87)#477 (7)——#870 (31)
2013#412 (734)#616 (66)#663 (4)——#621 (47)
2012#444 (704)#975 (37)———#785 (35)
2011#457 (652)#789 (47)———#923 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #363.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1992.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,700 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 2,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Nylah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 3,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Nylah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #484ILMichigan: #438MINew York: #343NYMassachusetts: #375MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #562OHPennsylvania: #615PANew Jersey: #404NJConnecticut: #280CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #716CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: #253MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: #182NMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #532TNNorth Carolina: #510NCSouth Carolina: #210SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #296OKLouisiana: #271LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #372ALGeorgia: #364GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #559TXFlorida: #367FL
Nylah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#52724
Quebec2025#5917

Nylah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NylahCanadaGirls#59051
NylahEngland & WalesGirls#391108
NylahIrelandGirls—too few
NylahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NylahScotlandGirls#32410
NylahUSGirls#503590