Niah
#4,897 most common girls' name of all time · #8,303 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1982–2025
Rank among girls
#4,897
Rank overall
#8,303 of 105,966
First appeared
1982
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
1,741
Since 2016
556
Peak year
2013 #2,376
Best rank
#2,376 2013
Girls
Boys
peak 77/yr
Niah first appears in 1982. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,305 |
| 2024 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,099 |
| 2023 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,161 |
| 2022 | 46 | — | 46 | #3,443 |
| 2021 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,138 |
| 2020 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,796 |
| 2019 | 55 | — | 55 | #2,986 |
| 2018 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,600 |
| 2017 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,424 |
| 2016 | 74 | — | 74 | #2,473 |
| 2015 | 70 | — | 70 | #2,577 |
| 2014 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,602 |
| 2013 | 77 | — | 77 | #2,376 |
| 2012 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,192 |
| 2011 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,195 |
| 2010 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,738 |
| 2009 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,722 |
| 2008 | 58 | — | 58 | #3,008 |
| 2007 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,775 |
| 2006 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,719 |
| 2005 | 50 | — | 50 | #3,156 |
| 2004 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,021 |
| 2003 | 57 | — | 57 | #2,758 |
| 2002 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,665 |
| 2001 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,565 |
| 2000 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,107 |
| 1999 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,230 |
| 1998 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,276 |
| 1997 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,879 |
| 1996 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,016 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,560 |
| 1994 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,651 |
| 1993 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,384 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,543 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,137 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,943 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,726 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,711 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,401 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,251 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,137 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,200 |