How rare is the name Nyasia?

3,866 people in the United States have the first name Nyasia, about 1 in 78,125. It ranks #4,703 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

NYASIA

#4,703

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,866
About
1 in 78,125
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,866 people named Nyasia, 79.4% reported their origin as Black, 12.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nyasia peaked in 2006, when 344 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19772025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
344
In 2025*
37 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,413 babies have been given the name since 1977. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Nyasia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,625. The largest share of babies named Nyasia, 71.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#22,9486
1980s#11,47280
1990s#2,4331,173
2000s#1,6252,740
2010s#3,2531,145
2020s#6,052269
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–9612.2%
Generation Z 1997–1271.4%
2013 and later16.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Nyasia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nyasia has been most common in South Carolina (6.3×), New Jersey (4×), and North Carolina (4×), and least common in Texas (0.21×).

4,272 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Nyasia

1 other first name also has 3,866 people.

#4,703 Elzbieta · 3,866

Either side of Nyasia

#4,702 Aubri · 3,868#4,703 Elzbieta · 3,866#4,705 Halley · 3,864#4,705 Harpreet · 3,864

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nyasia, most common first.

#16,110 Nyasha · 705#35,789 Nyashia · 224

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