Nyelah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ny-EL-a
- Origin
- Modern
Nyelah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Nyelah come from?
Modern: spelling of Nyela; modern coinage, possibly modelled on Nyla
Meaning borrowed from Nyela.
Is Nyelah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyelah is a girls' name.
How popular is Nyelah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Nyelah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nyelah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Nyelah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Zaliyah, Hadassah, Zariah, Jaliyah, Kamiyah, Nusaybah, Naziyah, Amoura, Alaiyah, Aziyah
Names related to Nyelah
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, “Nyelah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nyelah, updated 20 October 2026.