Niylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NY-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Niylah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
Where does Niylah come from?
Modern: spelling of Nyla; also a character in the TV series The 100
Is Niylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Niylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Niylah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 5 girls.
Niylah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
How popular is Niylah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,877th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Niylah, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,061st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 60 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had fewer girls named Niylah than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Niylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 55 girls in the US were given Niylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,449, up from #4,877 for this spelling alone.
Niylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,891 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 52 | #3,061 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 40 | #3,738 |
| 2017 | 53 | #3,053 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 45 | #3,484 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 49 | #3,313 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
Names like Niylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Safa, Ayah, Zainab, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Ruqayyah, Izzah, Rahma, Hiba, Sumayyah, Safaa
Other spellings of Niylah
Names related to Niylah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Niylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/niylah, updated 20 October 2026.