Nylah-Rae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NY-la-RAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
Nylah-Rae is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Nylah-Rae mean?
Modern: combination of Nylah and Rae
Joins Nylah, a name of uncertain origin, with Rae, a short form of Rachel.
Is Nylah-Rae a girl's or a boy's name?
Nylah-Rae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nylah-Rae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Nylah-Rae, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nylah-Rae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were given Nylah-Rae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,870, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
- Nylah-Rae 9
- Nyla-Rae 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Nylah-Rae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
Nicknames for Nylah-Rae
- Nylah 118 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Nylah-Rae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah Ayah Ayla Khadija Ayra Amal Ottilie Amira Abeeha Alayna Alaya Nellie
Other spellings of Nylah-Rae
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Nylah-Rae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nylah-rae, updated 20 October 2026.