Nialah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nee-AH-la
- Origin
- Modern
Nialah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Nialah come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Nia or Naila
Is Nialah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nialah is a girls' name.
How popular is Nialah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Nialah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nialah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Nialah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Hadassah, Jaliyah, Aaliyah, Zariah, Zaliyah, Naziyah, Kamiyah, Aziyah, Nusaybah, Naliyah
Names related to Nialah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Nialah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nialah, updated 20 October 2026.