Nyah vs Nyaire
American parents have registered 5,465 Nyahs since 1880, against 564 Nyaires. But in 2025 it was Nyaire that was commoner, 103 babies to 80.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Nyah Nyaire
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 41 years in which either name was published, Nyah for 40 years and Nyaire for 1 year. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Nyah | Nyaire | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 5,465 | 564 |
| Most in one year | 552 | 103 |
| Babies in 2025 | 80 | 103 |
| Estimated living today | 5,400 | 560 |
| Median age today | 17 | 4 |
| Peak year | 2001 | 2025 |
| Best rank | 504th girls | 1,743rd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 2,276th | 1,743rd |
| First recorded | 1980 | 2001 |
| Girls / boys | 5,460 / 5 | 114 / 450 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Nyahs alive today are over 17; half the Nyaires are over 4. That is 13 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Nyah and Nyaire.