How rare is the name Nylah?

7,211 people in the United States have the first name Nylah, about 1 in 41,885. It ranks #3,067 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NYLAH

#3,067

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,211
About
1 in 41,885
This common or more
81.6%
Who bears it

Of the 7,211 people named Nylah, 65.3% reported their origin as Black, 15.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Nylah peaked in 2019, when 870 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19922025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
870
In 2025*
590 ▼32%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 13,739 babies have been given the name since 1992. 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.

Nylah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #860. The largest share of babies named Nylah, 70.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#9,935149
2000s#2,0482,008
2010s#8607,192
2020s#8704,390
Millennials 1981–960.3%
Generation Z 1997–1228.8%
2013 and later70.9%

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 Nylah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Nylah has been most common in Florida (2.3×), Georgia (2.1×), and Nevada (2.1×), and least common in Kansas (0.29×).

12,735 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.

Either side of Nylah

#3,065 Kyung · 7,218#3,066 Karsyn · 7,217#3,068 Siobhan · 7,208#3,069 Michell · 7,205

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nylah, most common first.

#1,797 Nyla · 16,496

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