Nyema
Girl · nye-EE-mah
Nyema is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Nyema come from?
Origin unclear; perhaps a variant of Naima
- Say it
- nye-EE-mah
Is Nyema a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nyema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Nyema, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had more girls named Nyema than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Nyema in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nyema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,528 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,263 |
| 2005 | 43 | #3,457 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
Names like Nyema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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