Nyliyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nyliyah by the numbers

Nyliyah was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Nyliyah

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

  • Naliyah59 in the US (2017)
  • Nyliah12 in the US (2017)
  • Nylayah5 in the US (2017)
  • Niyahintention or purpose; a respelling of Niyyah25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nadiyahtender, delicate; a form of Nadia6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • NaliahGod gave me; a form of Natalia21 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nyliyah

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