Nia

Where Nia comes from

Short for Antonia.
— Wiktionary's entry for Nia
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1951
    First appearance
    #4,833 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1962
    Nia Vardalos born
    Canadian-born American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer of Greek descent
  3. 1970
    Nia Long born
    American actress
  4. 2000
    Peak, #307
    1,033 babies named Nia — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2022
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #603.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Nia Long · American actress, born 1970
  • Nia Vardalos · Canadian-born American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer of Greek descent, born 1962
  • Nia DaCosta · American director and screenwriter, born 1989
  • Nia Ali · American athletics competitor, born 1988
  • Nia Sharma · Indian television actress, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.