Nyelah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nyelah by the numbers

Nyelah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Nyelah

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

  • Nylah711 in the US (2017)
  • Nyemah12 in the US (2017)
  • Nyela7 in the US (2017)
  • Nyilah7 in the US (2017)
  • Naelah5 in the US (2017)
  • Nailahone who achieves or attains239 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Nyelah

Names that are said the same way as Nyelah, 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)
  • Nilah61 in the US (2017)
  • Niylah52 in the US (2017)
  • Niyla24 in the US (2017)
  • Nylaa6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nyelah

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