Niyyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEE-yah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
Niyyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “intention”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies).
What does Niyyah mean?
Arabic
“intention”
In Islam niyyah is the sincere intention a person makes before prayer and other acts of worship.
Is Niyyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Niyyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Niyyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Niyyah, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th.
2025 had the most girls named Niyyah of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Niyyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
Names like Niyyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Ayah, Safa, Hiba, Hafsa, Zainab, Rahma, Ruqayyah, Aafiyah, Rehmat, Abeeha, Sumayyah
Names related to Niyyah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Niyyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/niyyah, updated 20 October 2026.