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Nyiah

Girl · NEE-a · Modern

Nyiah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Nyiah come from?

Modern: spelling of Nyia; modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Nia

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NEE-a

Meaning borrowed from Nyia.

Is Nyiah a girl's or a boy's name?

Nyiah is a girls' name.

How popular is Nyiah in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.

Half of all the girls named Nyiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 17 in 20022023
Nyiah in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20239#10,307
20220–
20217#12,201
20209#10,245
20195#15,532
20186#13,788
20175#15,898
20167#12,871
201514#8,004
20146#14,552
20137#13,145
201215#7,800
201110#10,370
201012#9,227
200915#8,054
20088#12,574
20078#12,671
20066#15,147
200516#7,133
200411#9,259
200313#7,993
200217#6,386
200114#7,311
200014#7,152
199913#7,233
19986#12,420
19975#13,719

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