Niylah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 52 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
52
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Niylah by the numbers

Niylah was given to 52 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Niylah

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 Niylah. 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)
  • Niyyahintention or purpose11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nylah711 in the US (2017)
  • Nilah61 in the US (2017)
  • Naylah15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Niyla24 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Niylah

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

  • Niladark blue; indigo64 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nyla220 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nyela7 in the US (2017)
  • Nylaa6 in the US (2017)
  • Nyelah5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Niylah

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