Nylah

What Nylah means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Nylah yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #438 in 2015 to #503 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Nylah?

US: Falling: down from #438 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #428 in 2015, #391 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 870 girls got the name (#363 that year). First in the US records in 1992.

How common

• About 1 in 2,724 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,345 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,789 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.71 per 1,000 girls), SC (1.26 per 1,000 girls), MD (1.0 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Nylah is #503 in the US and #391 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Nylah were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Nyla1,315 US · 220 E&W
• Nola331 US · 165 E&W
• Nala317 US · 66 E&W
• Nayla225 US · 44 E&W
• Nila116 US · 64 E&W
• Nailah110 US · 38 E&W
• Nela12 US · 45 E&W
• Naylah40 US · 15 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Nylah

Girls

• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Journee#258Editor’s note 1,198 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Olivia#1“olive; olive branch”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Madelyn#70Editor’s note Down from #59 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 in the US
• Mia#6Editor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records

For a brother

• Beckett#141Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 6 babies
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Maddox#209Editor’s note Down from #148 in 2015 to #209 in 2025 in the US
• Crew#256“weir”^*
• Wyatt#38“war + hard, brave”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Nylah’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.