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Girl name

Nylah

100% girls · #504 in the US for girls, 2025

Nylah has been given to about 13,739 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2019, which makes it a current name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 13,666
Median age today10 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Nylah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2019 · 870
  • Born in 2025590
  • All time13,739
  • England & Wales, 2025#391 · 108

How popular is Nylah?

Nylah ranks 504th among American girls in 2025, with 590 born that year. Its best year was 2019, when 870 babies were given the name, ranking 363rd. The typical living American called Nylah is about 10 years old today. It is relatively most common in New Mexico, where it accounts for 0.07% of births.

Names that sound like Nylah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Lylah0.85
  2. Mylah0.85
  3. Kylah0.85
  4. Nyah0.85
  5. Nyla0.75
  6. Lilah0.73
  7. Nailah0.74
  8. Myah0.70

Middle names for Nylah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Nylah Eve0.80
  2. Nylah Elizabeth0.78
  3. Nylah Josephine0.78
  4. Nylah Anne0.78
  5. Nylah Rose0.77
  6. Nylah Louise0.77

Sibling names for Nylah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Finneganbrother · 1.00
  2. Brinleysister · 0.99
  3. Averiesister · 0.99
  4. Raidenbrother · 0.99
  5. Kasonbrother · 0.99
  6. Karsyneither · 0.99

Where Nylah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. New Mexico0.07%
  2. South Carolina0.06%
  3. Maryland0.05%
  4. Louisiana0.05%
  5. Connecticut0.04%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Nylah Anderson0.74
  2. Nylah White0.72
  3. Nylah Reyes0.72
  4. Nylah Moore0.72
  5. Nylah Lee0.72
  6. Nylah Green0.72

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Nylah

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025

Nylah across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.