Girl
Nyah
Rooted in Swahili, Nyah is a girl's name that means "Swahili, purpose". It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2000s. In the current registry, it is a real rarity. Across the twelve decades this registry covers, it appears in 4 of them.
EtymologyVariant of Nia/Niya
SwahiliSwahili – "purpose"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
0
1970s
0
1980s
44
1990s
248
2000s
2,872
2010s
1,422
Peaked in the 2000s · 4,586 total U.S. births since 1900