girls:
640 births since 2004
#5076 (11th percentile)
overall:
640 births since 2004
#7099 (8th percentile)
The name Niylah is the #7,099 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 640 recorded births since 2004. This represents the 8.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,076 (11.2% percentile) for all time with 640 births since 2004.
Niylah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2004 (first recorded for girls in 2004).
For girls, Niylah reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #881) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 33 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Niylah ranks #921 for girls (2.7% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 52.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Niylah".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Niylah", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 33 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Nyla" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Nyla..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Niylah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.1% confident that Niylah is pronounced as NAI-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NEE-luh, at 42.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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