girls:
453 births since 1962
#5263 (8th percentile)
overall:
453 births since 1962
#7286 (6th percentile)
The name Nyana is the #7,286 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 453 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 5.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,263 (7.9% percentile) for all time with 453 births since 1962.
Nyana first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (first recorded for girls in 1962). Birth data for Nyana is available in 28 out of the 62 years between 1962 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, Nyana reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #913) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Nyana ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 38.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nyana".
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Our model has identified 13 different pronunciations for the name Nyana. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 22.0% confident that Nyana is pronounced as NYAH-nuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is nai-A-nuh, at 17.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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