Kniyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kniyah by the numbers

Kniyah was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kniyah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kniyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kiyah97 in the US (2017)
  • Kaniyah76 in the US (2017)
  • Kaiyah67 in the US (2017)
  • Keniyah24 in the US (2017)
  • Kamiyahperfect or complete; a modern respelling of Kamila245 in the US (2017)
  • Kailahstylish; a variant of kayla42 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kniyah

Names that are said the same way as Kniyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Niyahintention or purpose; a respelling of Niyyah25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Niya25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nyia5 in the US (2017)
  • Nyiah5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kniyah

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