Neyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Neyah by the numbers

Neyah was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 13 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Neyah

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 Neyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Niyahintention or purpose; a respelling of Niyyah25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nyah33 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nayah5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Neah16 in the US (2017)
  • Neya3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nevah11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Neyah

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