Niah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEE-a
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Niah is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “bright, radiant”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Niah mean?
Welsh: spelling of Nia
“bright, radiant”
A spelling of Nia, the Welsh form of the Irish name Niamh.
Is Niah a girl's or a boy's name?
Niah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Niah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Niah, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,064th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 37 girls.
Half of all the girls named Niah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 161 girls in the UK were given Niah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #319, up from #1,961 for this spelling alone.
- Nia 146
- Niah 15
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Niah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 34 | #1,064 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,256 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2015 | 34 | #1,108 |
| 2014 | 37 | #1,037 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,188 |
| 2012 | 30 | #1,205 |
| 2011 | 30 | #1,190 |
| 2010 | 32 | #1,112 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,179 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,215 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
How popular is Niah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Niah, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,779th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 77 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had fewer girls named Niah than any year since 1996.
Half of all the girls named Niah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 427 girls in the US were given Niah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #673, up from #5,237 for this spelling alone.
- Nia 403
- Niah 24
Niah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 52 | #3,081 |
| 2023 | 52 | #3,140 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,415 |
| 2021 | 52 | #3,112 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,779 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,962 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,584 |
| 2017 | 75 | #2,401 |
| 2016 | 74 | #2,463 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 77 | #2,364 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,172 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,726 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,704 |
| 2008 | 58 | #2,994 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,750 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,701 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,122 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,994 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,734 |
| 2002 | 58 | #2,639 |
| 2001 | 60 | #2,536 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,066 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Niah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Aaliyah Ayah Hafsa Nusaybah Hiba Summer Sumayyah Ruqayyah Rahma Safaa
Other spellings of Niah
Names related to Niah
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Seren Gwendolyn Winifred Meredith
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Niah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/niah, updated 20 October 2026.