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Girl's name · #2293 in the US (2025) · 2000s
Nyah's best rank, #504, came in 2001; it has settled back to #2293 today. Roughly 5,500 girls have been named Nyah since 1980. Nyah rose sharply around 2000, when Mission: Impossible II featured Thandiwe Newton as Nyah Nordoff-Hall.
Around the world: about 1 in 7,700 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 8,100 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 19 notable people named Nyah:
Sports figures appear 4.23× more often than among typical names — e.g. Nyah Rose, Canadian soccer player (born 2005).
Similar names: Jailyn · Nya · Ani · Kyah · Myah · Shea
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