Nyjah
Nyjah was the 2919th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 43 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 2035th; the most babies were born in 2022 (73). Over the last ten years it has moved down 577 places. More babies were named Nyjah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,919 boys, down 789 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 43boys
- Girls and boys
- 14% girls, 86% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202273 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,476babies recorded
Nyjah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #16,631 | #2,919 | 5 | 43 |
| 2020 | #11,851 | #2,130 | 8 | 66 |
| 2010 | #6,837 | #6,280 | 19 | 14 |
| 2000 | #3,204 | — | 43 | — |
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How popular is Nyjah, counting every spelling?
Nyjah has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Nyjah?
43 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nyjah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Nyjah 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 195 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nyjah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nyjah?
About 800 people born in the US named Nyjah are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 12. That makes Nyjah 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.
Nyjah by state
How common Nyjah was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.8×). In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Nyjah
How popular is the name Nyjah?
Nyjah was the 2919th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 43 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 2035th; the most babies were born in 2022 (73). Over the last ten years it has moved down 577 places. More babies were named Nyjah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Nyjah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 14% girls, 86% boys given the name Nyjah in the US.
Where is Nyjah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nyjah was most common in California (0.09 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Texas.