Nyliah

Girl · NY-lee-uh · Modern

Nyliah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).

Where does Nyliah come from?

Modern: spelling of Nylia; elaboration of Nyla

Say it: NY-lee-uh

Meaning borrowed from Nylia.

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

Nyliah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Nyliah in the US?

Rank in 2025: #10,104among girls
Babies in 2025: 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steadydown 21% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Nyliah, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.

Half of all the girls named Nyliah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1999Busiest: 21 in 20112025

Nyliah in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	9	#10,104
2024	16	#6,928
2023	12	#8,481
2022	15	#7,276
2021	8	#11,141
2020	21	#5,663
2019	11	#9,106
2018	15	#7,405
2017	12	#8,772
2016	10	#10,109
2015	20	#6,234
2014	13	#8,480
2013	16	#7,368
2012	15	#7,800
2011	21	#6,145
2010	10	#10,446
2009	9	#11,454
2008	12	#9,472
2007	9	#11,626
2006	9	#11,412
2005	7	#13,003
2004	6	#14,172
2003	0	–
2002	7	#12,181
2001	5	#15,345
2000	5	#15,024
1999	5	#14,403

Nicknames for Nyliah

Nyla 231 girls in the UK in 2025

Names like Nyliah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Zariah Kaliyah Neriah Zaniyah Nevaeh Nariah Jaliyah Kamiyah Zaliyah Brynlee Novalee Ailany

Names related to Nyliah

Nyla Nylah Naliyah Nilah Niylah Naylah Nyleah Niyla

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