Nylah
Nailah Thorbourne, better known by her stage name Nyla, is a Jamaican singer from Kingston. Nyla was a member of the R&B and reggae duo Brick & Lace whose debut album, Love Is Wicked, was released by Geffen and KonLive in 2007 and featured the chart topping single "Love Is Wicked". She is best known for being featured on Major Lazer's "Light It Up".
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Meaning & Origin of Nylah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nailah Thorbourne, better known by her stage name Nyla, is a Jamaican singer from Kingston. Nyla was a member of the R&B and reggae duo Brick & Lace whose debut album, Love Is Wicked, was released by Geffen and KonLive in 2007 and featured the chart topping single "Love Is Wicked". She is best known for being featured on Major Lazer's "Light It Up".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Nylah
Nylah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1992, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 869 Nylahs were born — ranking #363 that year. As of 2026, Nylah ranks #436 for baby girls with 707 births, gradually falling (-7%). In total, more than 15K Nylahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Nylah
Nylah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 15K births in the dataset. Nylah's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #363. Use the chart and map above to compare Nylah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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