Given name

Nyrah

Nyrah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Nyrah isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Nyrah through the years

Babies since 1880
168
0 boys · 168 girls
Most popular year
2020
17 babies
2025
13
#8,223 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+72%
Rising fast
05101520002025Highest share 20238.1
Nyrah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1999–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,223 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Nyrah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Norrah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nissah

“a friendly elf” · “one who tests others”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Israa

25RareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Enara

“swallow”

16Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Nylie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Niala

“a champion”

11Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Nyliah

15Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Persian · Modern

Nouri

Nouri is a surname from Persian.

21RareRising fast

25% boys · 75% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Nyrah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Nyrah