Niah Girl
How popular is Niah?
#5,237 girl name in 2025
24 baby girls were named Niah in the US in 2025, making it the 5237th most popular girl name.
Niah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,237 for girls (▼ 2156 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 24 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-66% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,555 in 2015, #2,779 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (77 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,364 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1982 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Niah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nia family of names ranked #508 for girls in 2025 (#446 the year before), with 569 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Niah is most popular
Babies named Niah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Niah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Niah
Questions
- Is Niah a boy or girl name?
- Niah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Niah were girls.
- How popular is the name Niah?
- 24 baby girls were named Niah in the US in 2025, making it the 5237th most popular girl name.
- When was Niah most popular?
- Niah peaked in 2013, when 77 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,364 in 2013.
- How many people are named Niah?
- 1,741 babies have been named Niah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,727 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Niah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Niah was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.