girls:
2.9k births since 1981
#3236 (43rd percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1981
#5045 (35th percentile)
The name Niyah is the #5,045 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,871 recorded births since 1981. This represents the 34.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,236 (43.4% percentile) for all time with 2,871 births since 1981.
Niyah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1981 (first recorded for girls in 1981). Birth data for Niyah is available in 36 out of the 43 years between 1981 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Niyah reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 14.5% percentile (ranked #776) with 68 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 68 births per million (ranked 14.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Niyah ranks #880 for girls (7.1% percentile) with 41 births per million, which is 60.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Niyah".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Niyah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Niyah is pronounced as NEE-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NAI-uh, at 42.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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