Niyah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning intention or purpose; a respelling of Niyyah.
Niyah by the numbers
In 2025, 25 babies in England and Wales were named Niyah. In the US, 97 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 136 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
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