Nyemah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nye-EE-mah
Nyemah is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Nyemah come from?
Spelling of Nyema; origin unclear; perhaps a variant of Naima
Meaning borrowed from Nyema.
Is Nyemah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyemah is a girls' name.
How popular is Nyemah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Nyemah in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nyemah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Names like Nyemah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah, Aaliyah, Zaniyah, Naziyah, Kaliyah, Nusaybah, Jaliyah, Zaliyah, Kamiyah, Taliyah, Aziyah, Sariyah
Names related to Nyemah
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, “Nyemah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nyemah, updated 20 October 2026.