Niylah
Niylah was the 4956th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2840th with 60 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 991 places. More babies were named Niylah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,956 girls, down 1,870 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 27girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202160 babies
- Total since 1880
- 704babies recorded
Niylah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #4,956 | 27 |
| 2020 | #3,086 | 52 |
| 2010 | #5,553 | 25 |
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How popular is Niylah, counting every spelling?
Niylah is the most common spelling of a name family that had 46 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 46 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niylah | 27 | #4,956 | 192 |
| Niyla | 19 | #6,271 | 90 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Niylah?
27 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Niylah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Niylah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 310 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Niylah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Niylah?
About 700 people born in the US named Niylah are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 13. That makes Niylah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Niylah by state
How common Niylah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Niylah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Niylah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Niylah
How popular is the name Niylah?
Niylah was the 4956th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2840th with 60 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 991 places. More babies were named Niylah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Niylah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Niylah in the US.
Where is Niylah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Niylah was most common in Texas (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Carolina and Florida.